A Text-Book of Horseshoeing, for Horseshoers and Veterinarians
by A. Lungwitz
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1913]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (265)
- A TEXT-BOOK OF HORSESHOEING
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
- PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- PART I.
- CHAPTER I. THE GROSS ANATOMY OF THE HORSE.
- A. The Bones of the Foot.
- B. The Articulations of the Foot.
- C. The Locomotory Organs of the Foot.
- D. The Elastic Parts of the Foot.
- E. The Blood-Vessels and Nerves.
- F. The Protective Organs of the Foot.
- CHAPTER II. THE FOOT IN ITS RELATION TO THE ENTIRE LIMB.
- A. Standing Positions of the Limbs.
- B. Forms of Feet. Viewed from in Front, from Behind, and in Profile.
- C. Lines of Flight of Hoofs in Motion.
- D. The Influence of Weight in the Shoe or Otherwise Attached to the Hoof, in Altering the Flight of the Hoof.
- E. Forms of Hoofs.
- F. Growth of the Hoof and Wear of the Hoof and Shoe.
- G. Physiological Movements of the Hoof. (Mechanism of the Hoof.)
- PART II.
- CHAPTER III. SHOEING HEALTHY HOOFS.
- A. Examination of a Horse Preliminary to Shoeing.
- B. Raising and Holding the Feet of the Horse to be Shod.
- C. Removing the Old Shoes.
- D. Preparing the Hoof for the Shoe.
- E. Preparing the Hoof for going Barefoot.
- F. Making Shoes.[3]
- G. Choosing the Shoe.
- H. Shaping and Fitting Shoes. General Considerations.
- I. Nailing the Shoe.
- K. Horseshoes More or Less Deficient in the Desirable Qualities Described on Pages 107-116.
- L. Rubber Pads.
- CHAPTER IV. SHOEING HORSES THAT FORGE AND INTERFERE.
- A. Forging.
- B. Interfering.
- CHAPTER V. WINTER SHOEING.
- CHAPTER VI. HOOF NURTURE.
- A. Care of Unshod Hoofs.
- B. Care of Shod Hoofs.
- PART III.
- CHAPTER VII. GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE SHOEING OF DEFECTIVE HOOFS AND LAME HORSES.
- CHAPTER VIII. INFLAMMATIONS OF THE PODODERM (PODODERMATITIS).
- 1. Nailing.
- 2. Street-Nail.
- 3. Calk-Wounds of the Coronet.
- 4. Corns (Bruised Sole).
- 5. Inflammation of the Heels.
- 6. Laminitis (Founder).
- 7. Keraphyllocele (Horn Tumor).
- CHAPTER IX. DEFECTS OF THE HOOF.
- A. Changes of Form.
- B. Disturbances of Continuity of the Hoof.
- CHAPTER X. SHOEING MULES, ASSES, AND OXEN.
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