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warrants the extra trovble, much may be done with a 
medium-sized cask of water placed somewhere over the 
animal, and the rubber tubing connected with that. 
Where the dressing is desired to be kept applied to the 
sole and frog only, there is no method more satisfactory 
than the shoe with plates. 
Fic. 55.—-Tur SHoE WITH PLaTEs. 
A, The plates in position ; B, the plates separated from the shoe. 
The plates are of metal, preferably of thin sheet iron 
or zinc, and are slipped between the upper surface of the 
shoe and the foot after the manner shown in Fig. 55. The 
plates themselves are shaped as depicted in Fig. 55, a, b, ¢, 
a and b curved to meet the outlines of the shoe, and c 
shaped so as to wedge tightly over the posterior ends of the 
Fic. 56.—THE QUITTOR SYRINGE. 
side plates,,and between them and the shoe. A distinct 
advantage of the plate method of dressing is that a certain 
amount of pressure may be maintained on the sole and 
frog, a very important consideration in connection with 
some of the diseases with which we shall later deal. 
When dealing with sinuous wounds of the foot, another 
