10 CONTENTS. 



PART III. 

 CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE SHOEING OF DEFECTIVE HOOFS AND LAME 



HORSES. 



PAGE 



General Remarks 127-130 



Classification of Diseases of the Hoof 131 



CHAPTER II. 



inflammations of the pododerm. 



1. Nailing 132 



2. Street-Nail 135 



3. Calk- Wounds of the Coronet 138 



4. Corns 138 



5. Inflammation op the Heels 141 



6. Laminitis or Founder 141 



7. Keraphyllocele (Horn Tumor) 145 



CHAPTER III. 



defects of the hoof. 



A. Changes of Form . . 146 



1. The Flat and the Full Hoof 146 



2. The Upright or Stumpy Hoof 148 



3. The Contracted Hoof 149 



(a) The Contraction of Wide Hoofs 150 



(b) Contraction of the Sole 151 



4. The Wry Hoop 151 



5. The Crooked Hoop ■ 153 



6. Ossification of the Lateral Cartilage (Side-Bone) 154 



B. Disturbances of Continuity of the Hoof 155 



1. Cracks 155 



2. Clefts 160 



3. Loose Wall 161 



4. Hollow Wall 162 



5. Thrush of the Frog 163 



CHAPTER IV. 



shoeing mules, asses, and oxen. 



1. The Shoeing of Mules and Asses 164 



2. The Shoeing op Oxen 164 



