American Veterinary Review, 
APRIL. 1882 . 
ORIGINAL, ARTICLES. 
THE HORSE’S FOOT. 
By A. Zundel. 
( Continued Jrom page f>47, Vol. V.) 
CONTRACTED HEELS-HOOF BOUND. 
Synonym : Zwanghuf.\ German ; Encasleture , French ; Incas- 
tellatura , Italian ; Encatmadura , Spanish. 
This name has been given to a defect of the horse’s foot, by 
which it becomes characterized by its general narrowness, more 
marked, however, in the posterior than the anterior part. It 
is especially marked by the diminution of the lateral diameter 
of the horny box, the deformity consisting in a greater or less 
contraction of the heels and of the cpiarters. 
It is principally observed in the fore feet, and it is there only 
that it presents the characters we are about to describe. This is 
due to the fact that in the fore legs there is need of a certain 
expansibility in the posterior part of the foot, which, especially 
during the action of locomotion, receives the weight of the 
body; while the contraction of the hind feet, gives rise only to 
an ordinary form of lameness. Sometimes one of the anterior 
legs only is affected; sometimes both, and in this latter case, the 
alteration is usually greater in one foot than in the other. Some 
horses are also seen whose feet are contracted only on one, usu¬ 
ally the inner side, while the other preserves its normal form and 
directions. 
