88 C(3>iCLUDING OBSKRV^VTIONS. 



It is undeniably true, that the evils which result 

 from the resistance of the nails have been published 

 repeatedly by numerous authors, and in a very 

 pointed manner by an able writer only a few years 

 before Mr. Bracy Clark's first publication on the 

 foot appeared ; but, nevertheless, there is great 

 merit due to Mr. Clark, merely viewing this single 

 point alone, for he has never ceased to declare the 

 same doctrine in our ears ever since : and I believe 

 I may add, that he has contributed much towards 

 rousing us out of this veterinary lethargy which has 

 been of about thirty-five years' duration, dating 

 before Mr. Clark's time, by commencing with 

 Mr. Strickland Freeman, who expressed the whole 

 thing in the plainest possible terms in his splendid 

 work on the Mechanism of the Horse's Foot, and 

 its natural Spring explained, and published in the 

 year 1796. 



I do conscientiously repeat, that I think it would 



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Oark" wolks ^^ ^^^' ^^^ cvcry Veterinary student, however much 

 on the footof|jg j^^^y kuow or thiuk he knows, to read most 



tlie horse. •- ' 



thoroughly and study Mr. Bracy Clark's works on 

 the foot of the horse, so far as they relate to the ana- 

 tomy, but more especially to the physiology, of that 

 organ. I also equally feel it my duty, at the same 

 time, to warn them against too hastily imbibing 

 that author's views regarding the pathology of the 

 foot; as 1 think time will soon shew that this pro- 

 minent character has yet much to learn concerning 



