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regions of the limb. The others are the immediate result of 
shoeing ; but which, notwithstanding their seat in the foot, do 
not make their effects known for some days afterwards. Of the 
latter, again, some proceed from the driving of the nails ; others 
are said to arise from the inconsiderate application of a hot shoe 
to the foot; while others, again, may have their origin in the 
use of the butteris ; the French not using the drawing knife. 
Since the majority of lamenesses ow 7 e their origin to shoeing, 
the practice is a good one of making a point in all cases to 
remove the shoe from the lame foot. Lesion, however, may 
be found in the foot, wdien the seat of lameness may prove to 
be in one of the upper joints of the limb. The diseases we 
are about to examine into are pricked foot, false nailing and 
splitting of the point of the nail, foot-bound through nailing, 
foot-bound through the shoe, too much heat applied to the 
sole, burnt sole, w r ounded sole, and wounded frog.” 
Such is a recapitulation of the contents of the chapter, 
with sufficient insight into them, perhaps, to show, that the 
views entertained of the diseases incidental to the horse’s 
foot are not altogether in exact accordance with our ow r n. 
When we speak of “ foot bound ” and c< foot burnt,” a good 
deal must depend for the stability of such views on the 
opinions entertained concerning the physiology of the foot. 
We hear of shoes being “ drawn on too tight,” and of horses 
“ going ill ” in some shoes, and “ w T ell ” in others, all which 
shows coincidence of opinion ; but when our author begins 
to talk about burning of the sole, and burnt sole, as one of the 
evils shoeing may bring on, we hardly know how our views 
of practice will tally with his, or rather his country’s. 
We remember an occasion on which this question was 
mooted, on the authority of government, to be solved by Mili- 
tary Veterinary Surgeons, there having been some complaint 
made on the score of injuring horse’s feet by the application 
of red-hot shoes to them ; when the answer returned was, that 
there were no rational grounds, in the ordinary practice of 
shoeing, for preferring such a complaint.” 
This section of our work concludes with — 
