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SPECIAL SHOE FOR CURE OF LAMINITIS. 
declare that the silk-worm breeding establishments in Sicily 
may be ranked as one of the causes of malignant inter¬ 
mittent * But instances of this kind need not be multiplied, 
after what I have already stated, as I trust sufficient has been 
shown to indicate what a curious and valuable subject lies 
before us for investigation. 
TREATMENT OF LAMINITIS WITH MR. BROAD’S 
SHOE. 
By J. WooDGER, M.R.C.V.S. 
When I read Mr. Broad^s paper “ On the Treatment of 
Laminitis,” I very much doubted that there could be any 
benefit whatever from such a method; but, in April last, 1 
paid Mr. Broad a visit, and then had the opportunity of 
seeing, to my surprise, the treatment and recovery of a severe 
acute case, arising from over-exertion, which occurred some 
twenty miles from Bath. I must now confess that I have 
altered my views of Mr. Broad’s treatment, and certainly 
believe it to be the best that can be adopted. 
Referring to the question of stout shoes for weak flat feet, 
forty-eight years’ experience of a large shoeing establishment 
in London has proved to me that there is not the slightest 
doubt of their benefit; and I believe every one who has had 
any experience in a large town shoeing business will agree 
with me. 
THE SPECIAL SHOE FOR THE CURE OF 
LAMINITIS. 
In reference to this shoe, of which we give an illustration 
(page 641), Mr. Broad writes: 
I have such a number of applications from all parts of the 
United Kingdom for a description of my shoe for laminitis, 
that I think you would be doing the profession a kindness by 
inserting in the Veterinarian a woodcut of it. 
* Morici, ‘ Sulle Febbri della Citta di Messina,’ p. 7. 
