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amined. If the hand be expert in the search, he will not expect 
to find any thing till he gets up nearly level with the bar. The 
event will uniformly prove he is right. If occasioned, as is ge- 
nerally supposed, by the shoe pressing on the sole between the 
wall and the bar, should we have to cut so high up into the horn 
to find the seat of disease 1 Often, through the too frequent igno- 
rance of the person employed, when the shoe is put on, it is made 
to bear equally on the wall and on the bar at the heel. The fact 
ought to be well known, that, if the shoe be allowed to bear so 
hard on the heel, lameness will ensue. That it must be attributed 
to this blunder can be proved to demonstration ; for if the shoe be 
taken off, and it be altered so as to be thrown a little off the heel, 
it may be nailed on afresh in the very same holes, and the horse 
go perfectly sound. This is easily accounted for by attending to 
the regular play of the part, the sensible foot pressing down into 
its horny case every time the limb comes in contact with the 
ground. 
As we know the region in question, which is so exquisitely 
sensitive, is filled with bloodvessels so manifold, and admirably 
distributed that a piece of Valenciennes lace would fail to give an 
adequate idea of its delicacy, I cannot but infer, that, owing to the 
resistance which the vertical bar offers to this portion of the foot, 
extravasation takes place. Is it not highly probable that its con- 
sequence is a deposit, which, acted upon by concurrent causes, 
eventually assumes the form of what we call a corn ? 
Hoping the suggestion I venture to throw out may lead to a 
more complete and satisfactory examination of the subject, 
I remain, Gentlemen, 
Your obedient servant. 
A PATTERN FOR A VETERINARY ANNUITY FUND. 
Furnished hy Mr. Jas. Anderson, Leicester . 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Gentlemen, 
The following is a copy of the rules for establishing a General 
Medical Annuity Fund, approved of 8th Sept. 1845, which, with 
a little alteration, might be adopted for the Veterinary Fund, both 
being grounded on the same basis and equal amount of yearly 
subscription. 
