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A Text-Book of Horseshoeing, for Horseshoers and Veterinarians

Part 3 — INDEX

John W. (John William) Adams translation

Apprentice, 14

Arteries, 41

Articulations, 21

Balanced hoof, 101

Balling with snow, 149

Bar-shoe, uses of, 164

Bare foot, preparing the hoof, 102

Bars, 51

dressing, 99

Base-narrow position, 63, 68

Base-wide position, 63, 68

Beaked shoe, 184

Bear-foot, 72

Bearing-surface of shoes, 117, 127

Blood-vessels, 41

Bow-legged position, 64

Buttress, 100

Calf-kneed, 66

Calk-wound, 173

Camped behind, 68

in front, 66

Cannon bone, 20, 21

Carpus, 20

Cartilages, lateral, 39

Cast iron, 103

shoes, 132

Chadwick spring, 187

Clefts, 203

Clinch cutter, 97

Clinching, 131

Clips, 111

Close-nailing, burning, 166

Contracted hoof, 185

sole, 190

Corn, chronic, 175

dry, 174

suppurating, 174

Corns, 174

treatment, 176

Coronary band, 47

joint, 31

ligaments, 31

Cover-plate shoe, 173

Cow-hocked, 68

Cracks, 195

coronary and bar, 196, 202

plantar, 202

Crest, semilunar, 27

Crooked hoof, 192

Cross-firing, 140

Defay’s shoe, 187

Diseases of hoof, 165

Dressing the hoof, 98

Driving the shoe, 130

Drop-forged shoes, 132

Dropped sole, 178, 182, 183

Elastic parts of foot, 38

Examination before shoeing, 90

Feet, forms of, 69

Femur, 20

Fetlock, ligaments of, 29

joint, 28

Fiber shoes, 134

Fibula, 20

Flat hoof, 182

Fleshy frog, 49

sole, 49

wall, 48

Flight of hoofs, 72, 75

Foot, articulations of, 28

bones of, 24

Foot-axis, 70

relation to sole, 100

straight and broken, 101

Forging, 138

Founder, 177

dressing hoof, 179

shoeing, 180

Frog, 57

dressing, 99

Front shoe, making, 105

Frost-nails, 146

Full hoof, 183

Fullering, 109

hammer, 104

Gathered nail, 170

Hair-skin, 44

Head, bones of, 17

Heavy draught horses, shoeing, 125

Heel-calks, 112

always sharp, 154

Heels, inflammation of, 176

Hind shoe, making, 107

Hock, 21

Hollow wall, 205

Hoof, 50

benefits of movements within, 89

crooked, 84

growth of, 82

healthy, 81

irregular growth, 83

knife, 98

ointments, 159, 160

physiological movements of, 86

wear against shoe, 86

wear of, 82

Hoof-skin, 45

Hoofs, care of unshod, 157

Hoofs, forms of, 77, 80

of colts, care of, 157

Horn, minute structure of, 58

qualities of, 59

tumor, 181

Horseshoeing, object of, 13

schools, 15

Horseshoer, requisites of, 14

Humerus, 19

Hunters, shoeing, 123

Interfering, 142

Iron for horseshoes, 103

Joints, free, hinge, and pivot, 22

Keraphyllocele, 181

Knee-sprung, 67

Laminitis, 177

Leather sole, 164

Ligaments, 21

Limbs, standing positions, 62

Loose wall, 204

Low-jointed, 66

Mucous bursæ, 35

Mule shoes, 207

Muscles, 22

Nail-holes, 110

Nailing, 166

causes of, 167

examination and treatment, 167, 168

Nails, 128

Navicular bone, 28

Nerves, 44

Nippers, 99

Normal position, 62, 64, 67, 69

Os pedis, 26

Ox shoes, 208

Oxen, securing feet, 209

Pacers, shoeing, 124

Pads, rubber, 135

Pastern, long, 25

short, 26

Patella, 20

Pedal joint, 31

ligaments, 31

Peg-calks, 150

Peg toe-calks, 152

Pelvis, 19

Periople, 53

Perioplic band, 47

Periosteum, 21

Pigeon-toed position, 64

Pincers, 97

Plantar cushion, 40

Pododerm, 45

Pododermatitis, symptoms of, 161

treatment of, 163

Podophyllous tissue, 48

Podometer, 105

Pricking, direct nailing, 166

Pritchel, 105

Protective organs of foot, 44

Punch, 105

Quarter-crack, 200

Quarters, contraction of, 186

Radius, 20

Raising feet in shoeing, 92

Removing shoes, 97

Rolled toe, 118

Rope shoes, 133

Rubber shoes, 134

Runners, 123

Saddle-horses, shoeing, 122

Scapula, 19

Screw heel-calks, 148

Seedy-toe, 178

Sesamoid bones, 25

ligaments, 29-31

Sharp toe- and heel-calks, 146

Shod hoofs, care of, 159

Shoe, choosing the, 116

for acute-angled hoof, 114, 120

for base-narrow hoof, 114, 121

for base-wide hoof, 114, 121

for narrow hoof, 115, 121

for regular hoof, 114, 120

for stumpy hoof, 114, 120

for wide hoof, 115, 121

parts of, 103

wear of, 84

weight of, 116

Shoeing defective hoofs, 161

Shoes, fitting, 118

general properties, 107

machine, 132

making, 103, 105

nailing, 128

removing old, 97

shaping and fitting, 117, 120

special properties, 114

Sickle-hock, 68

Side-bone, 194

Sole, 55

contraction of, 189

Spinal column, 17

Splint-bones, 20

shoe, 172

Standing under, 66

Station of rest, 65

Steel, 103

Stocks, for horses, 95

for oxen, 209

Stifle-joint, 20

Stilt-foot, 184

Street-nail, 170

Stride, height of, 75

length of, 75

Stumpy hoof, 184

Suspensory ligament, 29

altering tension of, 36-38

Synovia, 21

Tendon, anterior extensor, 32

deep flexor, 33

lateral extensor, 32

sheaths, 35

superficial flexor, 33

Tendons, 24

Tension of tendon, altering, 36

Thorax, 18

Thrush, 206

Tibia, 20

Toe- and heel-calks, 112

Toe-calk, blunt, 113

half-sharp, 113

sharp, 112

Toe-crack, 197

Tools for making shoes, 104

Tread, 173

Trotters, shoeing, 124

Trunk, 17

Tubbing and stopping, 159

Ulna, 20

Vachette hook, 199

Veins, 43

Velvety frog, 49

sole, 49

Wall, 51

dressing, 99

height of, 52

leafy layer, 53

protective layer, 53

slant of, 52

thickness of, 53

Weight, influence of, 75

Weights, side and toe, 77

White line, 56

Wide hoofs, contraction of, 189

Wry hoof, 193

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