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Association. It is an instance of complete removal of the 
hoof by mechanical force. 
‘Our patient was a brown mare, five years old, the property 
of Messrs. Crawshaw and Co., railway contractors on the 
Sheffield and Manchester line. 
‘On June 20 the mare was, as usual, working on the line, 
drawing one of the waggons for the removal of soil from one 
place to another, and, as was the custom, the pace is 
generally increased at about the distance of from sixty to 
eighty yards from where the unloading takes place, in order 
to add to the velocity, so that the contents of the waggons 
might roll down so great a precipice. It was at this 
increased action, when the mare was being removed from 
the waggon, that she stepped between the ends of two iron 
rails, sufficiently apart to admit the foot only, when one end 
of the rail inserted itself between the sole and toe of the 
shoe, the other at the top and in front of the crust. 
‘ The mare, finding herself fixed, endeavoured to disengage 
herself, and, in doing so, got in front of the waggon, which, 
coming at a great pace, forced her down into the pit, leaving 
behind the off fore-hoof, which was only removed from its 
situation between the two rails by a large hammer, it being 
so firmly wedged in. The shoe and hoof were bent in a 
very peculiar manner, as the accompanying cuts will show, 
the inside heel being completely raised from above the level 
of the frog, not one of the nails being unclenched, or in the 
slightest degree having given way to so large an amount of 
force imposed upon them, although the toe of the shoe was 
raised from the sole by the rail being immediately under it 
(see Fig. 114). The mare had been shod the day before, 
and, having a good sound foot, the shoe was firmly put on. 
‘Being a mile from home, she was with some difficulty 
made to travel that distance. On her arrival, my pre- 
ceptor, Mr. Taylor, was immediately sent for, who found 
her, as I have before stated, with the off fore-foot hoofless. 
‘Proceeding to examine the foot, he ascertained that it 
had bled considerably, which, however, was stopped by 
bandages to the foot and a ligature round the coronet. 
