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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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s absence spoils the bearingsurface of the foot. In very many cases a simple bruise, that wouldhave recovered in a few days by merely relieving the pressure of theshoe, is made a source of injury and of recurrent lameness by the un-necessary removal of all the horn between the wall and the liar. Whena slight corn is found with slight lameness, relief of pressure is easilygiven by cutting off the inner heel of the shoe, thus forming what iscalled a three-quarter shoe. This removal of iron is a safer and betterplan than removal of horn. Uneven pressure by a shoe may take place at other parts of the hoof.A badly - fitted shoe very frequently bears disproportionately on thequarters, and the wall becomes weak and broken. In such a case reliefis given either by lowering the wall or by adjusting the shoe so thatheels and toes for a time afford the only bearing. In all cases where a separation exists between the sole and wall,bearing must be avoided, as the wall, when unsupported by a firmly-
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INJURIES FROM SHOEING 455 connected sole, is unable to sustain its share of weight. In cases of seedy-toe this must be remembered. Where a sand-crack exists,pressure should be removed from the wall. If the sand-crack be at thetoe a good plan is to draw two clips on the shoe, one on each side ofthe crack, and then to lower the wall between the clips so that it hasno contact with the shoe. With a sand-crack at the toe the heels should

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