American Veterinary Review, 
JUNE, 1881. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
THE HORSE’S FOOT. 
By A. Zundel. 
(Continued from , page 45.) 
The surgery of the foot requires special instruments for the 
operations which influence action upon the hoof, as also for those 
which are to be performed upon the tissues of the foot proper. 
Besides those which are commonly required in ordinary sur¬ 
gery, such as curved scissors, probes, bistouries and forceps, others 
are needed of special forms and for special purposes ; amongst 
those most commonly used are the different sage knives and draw¬ 
ing knives. 
Sage knives are lanceolated blades secured to handles, and are 
either double or right or left. The blade, which is curved upon 
its long axis, may be sharp on both edges, as in the double, (fig. 1) 
or on only one or other edge, when it is known as a right (fig. 2) 
or left (fig. 3) sage knife, being thus adapted to use by either the 
right or the left hand. 
