CHAPTER VII. GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE SHOEING OF DEFECTIVE HOOFS AND LAME HORSES. GENERAL REMARKS 161-165 CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES OF THE HOOF 165 CHAPTER VIII. INFLAMMATIONS OF THE PODODERM (PODODERMATITIS). 1. NAILING 166 2. STREET-NAIL 170 3. CALK-WOUNDS OF THE CORONET 173 4. CORNS 174 5. INFLAMMATION OF THE HEELS 176 6. LAMINITIS (FOUNDER) 177 7. KERAPHYLLOCELE (HORN TUMOR) 181 CHAPTER IX. DEFECTS OF THE HOOF. =A. Changes of Form= 182 1. THE FLAT AND THE FULL HOOF 182 2. THE UPRIGHT OR STUMPY HOOF 184 3. THE CONTRACTED HOOF 185 (_a_) The Contraction of Wide Hoofs 189 (_b_) Contraction of the Sole 189 4. THE WRY HOOF 190 5. THE CROOKED HOOF 192 6. OSSIFICATION OF THE LATERAL CARTILAGE (SIDE-BONE) 194 =B. Disturbances of Continuity of Hoof= 195 1. CRACKS 195 2. CLEFTS 203 3. LOOSE WALL 204 4. HOLLOW WALL 205 5. THRUSH OF THE FROG 206 CHAPTER X. SHOEING MULES, ASSES, AND OXEN. 1. THE SHOEING OF MULES AND ASSES 207 2. THE SHOEING OF OXEN 207 INTRODUCTION. Horseshoeing is an industry which requires, in equal degree, knowledge and skill. The word “horseshoeing” embraces various acts, especially preparing the iron sole, the horseshoe; forming it and fitting it to the hoof, whose ground-surface has been previously dressed in accordance with the direction of the limb, and fastening it to the hoof by means of nails. Owing to the complicated structure of the hoof, success in the practice of horseshoeing requires a knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the horse’s body in general and of the foot in particular. The object of shoeing is,—