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in all instances worse than useless in the treatment of any form of navicular 
disease. In ordinary chronic cases of navicular, if the animal can be rested 
for six months, he should be frog-setoned and then turned out to grass. 
Blistering may be adopted instead of frog-setoning. If he cannot be rested 
or if the disease is not so marked as to necessitate cessation from work, it 
is best to have the animal lightly shod, and to apply swabs moistened with 
cold water. The work should be gentle. Hacking is the most suitable of 
all kinds of work. 
The heels should be rasped down a little. Half-moon shoes as 
xepresented, may be applied, or we may adopt-the Charlier method of 
shoeing. We append a representation of this method of shoeing from M. 
Signol’s “ Aide-mémoire du Vétérinaire.” 
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Veterinarians have devised miany forms of shoe for the alleviation of 
chronic navicular disease. We append two of these, but we cannot speak of 
their value, as we have no experience of their efficacy in preventing the foot 
from becoming contracted. 
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