American Veterinary Review, 
MARCH, 1879. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
ATROPHY OF THE PLANTAR CUSHION. 
By G. Chenier. Translated by A. Liautard, M.D., V.S. 
(Continued from page 464.) 
IV. 
INDIRECT CONSEQUENCES OF THE ATROPHY OF THE PLANTAR 
CUSHION. 
If the contraction of the wall is the most immediate effect of 
atrophy of the plantar cushion, and if it is the most direct, it is 
not always observed as the first result. There are other lesions 
that the practitioner often observes more readily, because their 
objective symptoms are more manifest, or because they are ac¬ 
companied with lameness. 
1. Symptomatic Quarter Crack .—One of the most common 
sequelae of the contractions of the wall is this disease. Let us 
prove it. Veterinary authors recognize two varieties of cracked 
hoofs: toe cracks, seldom seen in front, quarter cracks, exception- 
all v met with in the hind feet. 
Taking the etiology as a base for classification, we will divide 
them into accidental and symptomatic quarter cracks. The former, 
