452 
Expansion and contraction of the 
coronary edge of the wall, 65 
of the hoof under the body- 
weight, 62 
of the solar edge of the wall, 65 
of the sole, 66 
Expansion shoe, Broué’s, 135 
De Fay’s, 133 
Einsiedel’s, 136 
Hartmann’s, 134 
_ Smith’s, 130 
Expansion shoes in the treatment of 
contraction, 130 
Extensor pedis tendon, the, 17 
Extirpation of the lateral cartilage in 
quittor, 351 
of the lateral cartilage, after | 
Moller and Frick, 353 
of the lateral cartilage after - 
Bayer, 355 
Exudation in laminitis, 265 
Hl 
False quarter, 245 
causes of, 246 
definition of, 245 
symptoms of, 245 
treatment of, 246 
Faulty conformation, 115 
diseases arising from, 161 
Feeding a cause of laminitis, 257 
Flat-foot, 143 
causes of, 144 
definition of, 143 
symptoms of, 143 
treatment of, 145 
Flexor pedis perforans tendon, the, 18 
Flexor pedis perforatus tendon, the,19 | 
Foot, buttress, 395 
Foot, changes in the internal struc- | 
tures in contraction of the, 120 \ 
Foot, contracted, 116 
causes of, 121 
definition of, 116 
prognosis of, 124 
symptoms of, 117 
treatment ol, 125 . 
Forced exercise in laminitis, 274 
Fractures, 401 
Fractures of the bones after neurec- 
tomy, 104 
of the navicular bone, 408 
of the oscorone, 402 
of the os pedis, 407 
Frog, the, 42 
Functions of the lateral cartilages, 66 
Gangrene of the sensitive structures 
in laminitis, 268 
Gathered nail, 207 
Gelatinous degeneration after neurec- 
tomy, 102 
DISEASES OF THE HORSE’S FOOT 
Grooving the wall in  laminitis 
(Smith’s operation), 278 
in treatment of sand-crack, 178 
in treatment of side - bone 
(Smith’s operation), 372 
Gross’s treatment of chronic laminitis, 
291 
Growth of hoof, rate of, 69 
Gunther’s treatment of chronic lamin- 
itis, 291 
Hartmann’s expansion shoe, 134 
Heels, weak, 115 
causes of, 116 
definition of, 115 
symptonis of, 115 
. treatment of, 116 
Heredity as-a cause of navicular 
disease, 433 
as a cause of side-bone, 370 
Histology of horn, 58 
History of canker, 306 
of navicular disease, 428 
of neurectomy, 91 
Hind-feet, navicular disease in the, 
441 ' 
Hind-limb with the side-line, method 
of securing, 78, 79 ; 
Hoffmann’s treatment of canker, 321 
Hoof, the, 37 
accidental tearing off of, 247 
expansion and contraction of, 62 
development of, 44 
rate of growth of, 69 ; 
Horn, chemical properties of, 58 
histology of, 58 
Huflederkitt, 148, 292 
Imminger’s treatment for chroni¢ 
laminitis, 291 
for canker, 321 
Immobilizingasand-crack by grooving 
the wall, methods of, 178 
Infection of the limb, septic, 271 
Injections of cocaine as an aid to 
diagnosis in foot lameness 74 
Interphalangeal articulation, the 
first, 12 
the second, 15 : 
Instruments required in plantar 
neurectomy, 96 
in operations on the foot, 88 
Irregular blood-supply to the bone 
as a cause of navicular disease, 437 
Joly’s treatment of chronic laminitis, 
292 
Koster’s sand-crack clamp, 173 
Keraphyllocele, 298 
causes of, 298 } 
