American Veterinary Review, 
MAY, 1881. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
THE HORSE’S FOOT. 
By A. Zundel. 
{Continued from page 5.) 
DISEASES AND DEFEOTUOSITIES OF THE FOOT IN SOLIPEDS. 
Of all the domestic quadrupeds, the horse is the most exposed 
to diseases of the foot, which are more or less frequent in him 
according to the work he is subjected to, the places he lives in, 
and the nature of the ground upon which he travels. As rare as 
are those accidents in farm horses, as common are they amongst 
horses in cities, of heavy draught, and also army horses ; in all, in 
fact which travel continually on hard, paved, and stony roads, and 
especially in large cities, where all those injuries can but be the 
result of their constant work on stone pavements, always so rough 
and slippery. If to these conditions are added the very numerous 
accidents resulting from bad shoeing, so badly carried on, one will 
be less surprised to see the foot becoming deformed and altered in 
different ways, deteriorated, and preserving with difficulty, and 
for a short time, its state of integrity, and becoming the seat of 
numerous affections. 
We shall distinguish the diseases proper and the vices of con¬ 
formation of the foot. The former are generally sufficiently 
serious to be described in special part. Amongst them some are 
superficial, as the false quarters , uncomplicated cracks, or solution 
