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CORNS. 



(No. 18.) Tyrrel's Patent Shoe 

 lor the cure of Contraction. 



for the cure of contraction. The 

 only difference there is in this 

 shoe from the common form is : 

 first, the inside edges of the heels 

 are turned up into little clips; 

 second, the shoe is so cut out at 

 each side of the toe as to enable 

 bending the quarters outward, by 

 putting the tongs or a screw be- 

 tween the heels and pressing them 

 outward. The clips at the heels 

 extending up inside of the bars at 

 the extreme of the heels press 

 the heels outward just so much 



as the shoe is spread, which can be done every few 

 days at will until the foot is expanded as much as may be 

 desired. This is the great consideration in the cure of con- 

 tractions so far as mechanical pressure is concerned. It 

 requires nice mechanical judgment and skill to fit and put 

 on any form of shoe, both in preventing contraction and 

 for its cure, and especially so in my judgment in the use of 

 this. As before explained, the foot should be carefully 

 dressed down to its natural form. The excessive horn pre- 

 venting expansion of the heels cut away, implying 

 especially the thinning out well of the part between the frog 

 and bars. The foot should be softened by poulticing pre- 

 viously. The shoe should then be carefully fitted, the 

 clips resting accurately against the bar inside. The shoe 

 should never be spread enough at a time to cause inflamma- 

 tion and soarness. If this is carefully persisted in, so far 

 as the contraction, cure must be certain. This shoe of Mr. 

 Tyrrel's has been used with great success for this purpose. 

 The right to use it with special directions for its use can be 

 obtained by addressing H. B. Fern, Batavia, N. Y. 



COBNS 



Appear in the angle of the hoof near the heel. They are 

 generally caused by the shoe being worn too long, causing 

 the shell of the hoof to grow over the shoe, which throws 

 the weight upon the sole, or the angles between the bar and 

 crust are not properly dressed out. If the descending heel 



