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Start of eBook	1
GENERAL REMARKS ON OPERATIONS ON THE FOOT	1
CHAPTER VI	1
CHAPTER VII	1
CHAPTER VIII	1
CHAPTER IX	1
B. CHRONIC	2
CHAPTER X	2
CHAPTER XI	2
CHAPTER XII	3
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	3
DISEASES OF THE HORSE’S FOOT	6
CHAPTER I	6
INTRODUCTION	6
CHAPTER II	9
A. THE BONES.	9
B. THE LIGAMENTS.	12
C. THE TENDONS	14
D. THE ARTERIES.	16
E. THE VEINS.	18
F. THE NERVES.	19
G. THE COMPLEMENTARY APPARATUS OF THE OS PEDIS.	21
H. THE KERATOGENOUS MEMBRANE.	22
I. THE HOOF.	24
CHAPTER III	27
A. DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOOF.	28
B. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND HISTOLOGY OF HORN.	35
C. EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF THE HOOF.	37
D. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LATERAL CARTILAGES.[A]	39
E. GROWTH OF THE HOOF.	41
CHAPTER IV	41
CHAPTER V	45
A. METHODS OF RESTRAINT.	45
B. INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED.	48
C. THE APPLICATION OF DRESSINGS.	49
D. PLANTAR NEURECTOMY.	51
E. MEDIAN NEURECTOMY.	56
F. LENGTH OF REST AFTER NEURECTOMY.	57
G. SEQUELAE OF NEURECTOMY.	57
H. ADVANTAGES OF THE OPERATION.	62
I. THE USE OF THE HORSE THAT HAS UNDERGONE NEURECTOMY.	63
CHAPTER VI	66
A. WEAK HEELS.	67
B. CONTRACTED FOOT.	67
C. FLAT-FOOT.	83
D. PUMICED-FOOT, DROPPED SOLE, OR CONVEX SOLE.	84
E. ‘RINGED’ OR ‘RIBBED’ HOOF.	86
F. THE HOOF WITH BAD HORN.	87
G. CLUB-FOOT.	89
H. THE CROOKED FOOT.	91
CHAPTER VII	93
A. SAND-CRACK.	93
B. CORNS.	105
C. CHRONIC BRUISED SOLE.	118
CHAPTER VIII	119
A. NAIL-BOUND—BIND OR TIGHT-NAILING.	119
B. PUNCTURED FOOT.	121
C. CORONITIS (SIMPLE).	135
D. FALSE QUARTER.	145
E. ACCIDENTAL TEARING OFF OF THE ENTIRE HOOF.	147
CHAPTER IX	151
A. ACUTE.	151
B. CHRONIC.	168
CHAPTER X	195
A. WOUNDS OF THE CARTILAGES.	195
B. QUITTOR.	195
C. OSSIFICATION OF THE LATERAL CARTILAGES, OR SIDE-BONES.	219
CHAPTER XI	228
A. PERIOSTITIS AND OSTITIS.	228
B. PYRAMIDAL DISEASE, BUTTRESS FOOT, OR LOW RINGBONE.	237
C. FRACTURES OF THE BONES.	240
CHAPTER XII	246
A. SYNOVITIS.	247
B. ARTHRITIS.	249
C. NAVICULAR DISEASE.	256
D. DISLOCATIONS.	268
INDEX	270
THE END	278

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