Transcriber’s Notes: Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs “=” before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up paragraphs. Typographical and punctuation errors have been silently corrected. A TEXT-BOOK OF HORSESHOEING FOR _Horseshoers and Veterinarians_ BY A. LUNGWITZ FORMER MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SAXON VETERINARY COMMISSION, LATE INSTRUCTOR IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF HORSESHOEING, AND DIRECTOR OF THE SHOEING SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE IN DRESDEN, GERMANY AND JOHN W. ADAMS PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS, AND LECTURER ON SHOEING IN THE VETERINARY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA _ELEVENTH EDITION_ _WITH TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS_ PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY Copyright, 1897, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright, 1904, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright, 1913, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. The inauguration of the law requiring horseshoers to be examined emphasizes the need of a brief and easily understood text-book on theoretical and practical horseshoeing. At the request of the _Royal Veterinary Commission_, in charge of the Royal Veterinary School in Dresden, and many interested individuals, I have attempted to meet this need by condensing within the narrowest possible limits all that is essential to the horseshoer in the practice of his profession. The subject-matter has been cast into a logically arranged course of instruction; all that is superfluous and is found only in exhaustive treatises on shoeing has been omitted. In order to make this elementary text-book more easy to understand, numerous instructive illustrations have been incorporated, which were taken partly from “Der Fuss des Pferdes,” by Leisering & Hartmann, fifth edition, Dresden, 1882; partly from the journal _Der Hufschmied_, and partly from drawings made specially for this work. With the desire that this little book may find many friends and supply them with valuable information, it is herewith given to the public. A. LUNGWITZ. DRESDEN, September, 1884. TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.