A treatise on the diseases and lameness of horses. In which is laid down a proper method of shoeing (in general) and treating the different kinds of feet. To which are added some new observations in the art of farriery, and on the nature and difference of horses. Shewing on what principles their perfection depends, and by what methods their breed may be greatly improved and amended / by W. Osmer.

Osmer, William

Date:: 1761

Credit: A treatise on the diseases and lameness of horses. In which is laid down a proper method of shoeing (in general) and treating the different kinds of feet. To which are added some new observations in the art of farriery, and on the nature and difference of horses. Shewing on what principles their perfection depends, and by what methods their breed may be greatly improved and amended / by W. Osmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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L343] There are other reafons why the frog fhould not be pared. If admitted to touch the eround, it helps to ftop the horfe froma lliding, as the figure of it will plainly evince. The frog, together with the bars, occupying the hinder part of the foot, is defigned by nature to diftend and keep it open, which, when cut away, fufter the heels, the quarters, and the coronary ring to become contracted, whereby Roihee lamenefs is produced, which fhall be treated of in its pro- per place. The bar is that part fituate between the heel, the frog and the quarter on each fide, and is not to be fcooped out according to the general cuftom, for we reafon laft mentioned, becaufe, together

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