230 THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. 
taking of his horse a long distance. If one’s horse suffers from some acute 
disease, he will go almost any distance to secure competent counsel, but 
with strange inconsistence, or thoughtlessness, he will lead him into the 
shed of any blacksmith who can boast of enough muscle to “hold up any 
horse,” notwithstanding the risk he runs of having the animal permanently 
injured, or wholly unfitted for use. The foot is a very sensitive member, 
copiously supplied with delicate layers, blood-vessels and exquisitely fitting 
bones and tendons, and he is a wise master who most jealously regards 
this part of his horse’s organism. The accompanying cuts will serve to 
show how complicated and sensitive the foot is, and the writer hopes they 
will serve to make the reader particularly careful in the choice of a man 
who shall pare, hammer and nail it. 
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