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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. SHOEING, AND DISEASES AND INJURIES OF THE FOOT. In order to understand the general principles of shoeing, a glance at the different parts of the hoof is necessary. The "wall " is that portion which surrounds the foot, and is alone seen when this is placed on the ground. It is fibrous in structure, the fibres passing from above to below, as they grow from where the skin terminates. Externally, these fibres are dense and resisting, but those nearer the interior gradually become soft and spongy. The growth of the wall is indefinite, it being the part which has to sustain wear through contact with the ground. "When the foot is lifted, the sole and the frog are seen on its lower or ground surface. The "sole" is usually more or less concave in a healthy foot. It is fibrous, like the wall, its fibres passing in the same direction; but they are much softer, and their growth is definite, they breaking off in the form of flakes when they have attained a certain length. The "frog" is a triangular mass of somewhat soft and elastic fibrous horn, situated at the posterior part of the sole. Like that part, its fibres are also of definite growth, and flake off in large patches from time to time. The wall sustains weight and wear on all kinds of ground; the sole is adapted for sustaining weight, on soft ground more particularly; while the frog has a most important use in acting as a cushion to support the powerful tendon which flexes the limb, in diminishing jar, and in preventing slipping. The unpared sole and frog of the healthy foot need no protection on any kind of soil. The flakes of loose horn on the former serve a very useful purpose in retaining moisture, and so keeping the solid horn beneath soft and elastic, while they act as so many springs when the foot i...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150761270
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 92
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 115076127X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 181 gr


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