American Veterinary Review, 
DECEMBER, 1881. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
THE HORSE’S FOOT, 
Bt A. Zundel. 
(Continued from page 328.) 
Sandckacks. 
Seime of the French; Hornspalt of the Germans ; Fissura of 
the Italians—are fissures or solutions of continuity observed on 
the walls of the foot, ordinarily very narrow, which follow the 
direction of the horn. Principally observed on the hoof of soli- 
peds, it has been seen also in ruminants, but rarely, and of 
little importance. 
I. Division .—They may exist on every part of the wall. 
On the median line of the nail they are called toe-crack , and then 
are more frequent on the hind feet. They are rarely found on 
the outside or inside toe (the mamelles of the French), but com¬ 
monly met with on the quarter ( quarter-cracks ), then situated on 
the lateral parts of the wall, towards the heels, and more fre¬ 
quently on the fore feet, especially on the inside. They are 
sometimes oblique, relatively to the thickness of the wall. Cracks 
