No foot, no horse: an essay on the anatomy of the foot of that noble and useful animal, the horse. Wherein each part is accurately described; the disorders each part is liable to are treated of, and proper remedies are offered; together with particular directions for the cure of some of the chief internal diseases which horses are subject to / [Jeremiah Bridges].

  • Bridges, Jeremiah
Date:
1752
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Credit: No foot, no horse: an essay on the anatomy of the foot of that noble and useful animal, the horse. Wherein each part is accurately described; the disorders each part is liable to are treated of, and proper remedies are offered; together with particular directions for the cure of some of the chief internal diseases which horses are subject to / [Jeremiah Bridges]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    always keep the Bounds of the Foot good. Great Care fhould be taken to fet the Shoe level all round, fo that it may bear equal on the FI oof, and a Nail or two ought to be driven on each Side to keep it even; it is cuftomary with fome to drive the Nails tight down on one Side of the Foot firft; but this Method is wrong, for by this Means the Shoe will rife on the oppofite Side, which when forced down and nailed, mult neceffarily wring the Hoof. To prevent cutting, feather the Shoe on the Outfi.de, make the Inlide thin and fuller fine, this gives a Turn to the Step, and in fome Cafes will anfwer, tho’ I do not lay it down for a general Rule. Avoid laying too much Weight upon the Heels, it paves the way for Corns, and caufes Pain: when the Heels are down, the Steps are thereby difpropor- tioned, the ] oints fhaken, and Sinew- flrains often proceed from that Caufe. A Proof of the beft Shoeing, is, that the Nails rife at equal Height and Pittance, I N~