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A. L1AUTARD. 
tiaeum ointment. The shoe ready, we cover the posterior part 
of the foot with gutta-percha, softened in warm water. We 
mould it well upon the foot, and then nail the shoe on. The 
foot cooled off, the gutta percha hardens. When the foot is 
down the frog must rest and press on the bar of the shoe. The 
next day we trim off the excess of gutta percha and leave the 
foot alone, which, sometimes for forty days, needs no other at¬ 
tention. 
The animal can be kept at work, even if very lame, but then 
at slow walking work. 
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B.—SPECIAL INDICATIONS. 
1. Symptomatic quarter-crack: 
All shoes which have for effect to open artificially the heels 
will cure quarter-cracks, but none will prevent their return. To 
obtain this, the first indication is to stimulate the vitality of the 
plantar cushion. To this effect, the bar shoe is the best applica¬ 
tion to be used. 
If the solution is superficial, there is no special indication. 
If it is deep, the thinning process may be found beneficial. 
This, in stimulating the latent action of the podophillous tissue, 
will hasten the cure, though it presents the objection of render¬ 
ing the animal useless, no matter for how short time it may be. 
2. Symptomatic corn: 
Nothing particular to notice. After paring carefully the 
corn, it is again the bar shoe that we employ. This corn being 
generally the first effect of hoof-bound, it is rare to find that the 
frog is so atrophied that it cannot rest on the bar of the shoe. 
Though Lafosse recommended the short-branched shoe, we 
prefer the bar shoe. 
3. Navicular disease: 
If we had navicular disease to treat, we would use the same 
treatment as in hoof-bound, and we feel satisfied that it would 
prove as satisfactory “ as the setons in the shoulders, the admin¬ 
istration of iodine internally, or the seton through the plantar 
cushion.” 
