HORSESHOEING. 



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accompanied with intense pain require the attention of a veter- 

 inarian. 



Often some form of dressing is necessary, and this is usually- 

 held in place by a special shoe. For slight injuries, such a splint- 

 dressing as is shown in Fig. 119 is sufficient. Whether such a 

 dressing be applied to the front or hind feet, the shoe should be 

 well concaved upon the hoof-surface. The dressing is held in 

 place by thin splints of tough wood, which are firmly wedged 

 between the shoe and hoof. 



, In those rare cases in which it is necessary to maintain con- 

 tinuous pressure upon the seat of the wound, and to protect the 



Fig. 120. 



Fig. 121. 



Shoe designed to hold the plate shown in 

 Fig. 121 ; suitalile where pressure-dressing 

 Is desired : a, branches fitting the wings of 

 the cover-plate and provided with screw 

 call£-holes; b, hole for reception of spur of 

 cover-plate. 



Cover-plate and screw-calk belonging 

 to the street-naU shoe : a, wings of 

 cover-plate with calk-holes exactly fit- 

 ting the ends of the branches of the 

 shoe ; 6, spur of cover-plate fitting into 

 hole (120, 6) at toe of shoe. 



entire plantar surface of the hoof, a covered shoe (Figs. 120 and 

 121) is recommended. This shoe is provided with a sheet-iron 

 cover, having at the toe a spur which fits into a corresponding 

 hole in the toe of the shoe, and being fastened at the heels by 

 means of screw heel-calks. 



