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Classification of Diseases of the Hoof. 



INFLAMMATIONS OF THE PODODERM. 



1, Nailing (pricking and close nailing) ; 2, street-nail ; 3, calk- 

 wounds ; 4, corns (bruised sole) ; 5, bruised heels ; 6, Laminitis 

 (founder) ; 7, keraphyllocele (tumor of horny leaves). 



DEFECTS OF THE HORN CAPSULE AND LATERAL CARTILAGES. 



(a) Changes of form : 1, flat hoof and full hoof (dropped sole) ; 

 2, upright hoof (stumpy or stubby hoof) ; 3, contracted hoof ; 4, 

 wry hoof; 5, crooked hoof; 6, ossification of the lateral carti- 

 lage (side-bone). 



(6) Disturbances of continuity of the horn capsule : 1, cracks ; 

 2, clefts ; 3, loose wall ; 4, hollow wall ; 5, thrush. 



