hoe shown in the previous
figure. The inner, nailless branch has the thickness of the outer branch
plus its calk, so that the inner and outer quarters of the hoof are
equidistant from the ground.]

[Illustration: FIG. 15.--Side view of a fore hoof shod so as to quicken
the "breaking over" (quicken the action) in a "forger." Note the short
shoe, heel calks inclined forward, and the rolled toe.]

[Illustration: FIG. 16.--Side view of a short-toed hind hoof of a
forger, shod to slow the action and to prevent injury to the fore heels
by the toe of the hind shoe. Note the elevation of the short toe by
means of a toe calk and the projection of the toe beyond the shoe. When
such a hoof has grown more toe, the toe calk can be dispensed with and
the shoe set farther forward.]

[Illustration: FIG. 17.--A toe-weight shoe to increase the length of
stride of fore feet. The nails are placed too far back, and the shoe has
no characteristic form but the weight is properly placed.]

[Illustration: FIG. 18.--Most common form of punched heel-weight shoe to
induce high action in fore feet. The profile of the shoe shows a "roll"
at the toe and "swelled" heels. The weight is well placed, but "rolling"
the toe and raising the heels lower action. The shoe would be much more
effective if of uniform thickness and with no roll at the toe.]

INDEX.

Abdomen--
dropsy, in foal, or ascites, description and treatment, 193
dropsy, or ascites, description, symptoms, and treatment, 86
limbs, and perineum, dropsy affecting, description and treatment, 180
sheath, and penis, swelling, cause and treatment, 171

Abnormal presentations at birth, 197-202

Abortion, description, cause, symptoms, and treatment, 182

Abscess--
and inflammation of lymphatic glands, descriptions, symptoms,
treatment, 272
in lung and suppuration, symptoms, 127

Abscesses--
acute, description and treatment, 500
cold, description and treatment, 501
description, 500
in throat, treatment, 62

_Acari_, parasites of eye, 296

Acariasis, or mange, note, 478

_Achorion schoenleini_, vegetable parasite of skin, description, 478

Adams, John W., chapter on "Horseshoeing", 583-605

Air embolism, or air in veins, note, 270

Albuminoid poisoning, hemoglobinuria, azoturia, azotemia, symptoms,
prevention, and treatment, 141

Aloes, use against bots in horses, 93

Amaurosis, or palsy of nerve of sight, causes, symptoms, and
treatment, 231,