. Diseases & disorders of the horse, a treatise on equine medicine and surgery, being a contribution to the science of comparative pathology. Horses. 144 Toe clips should be very small, or dispensed with altogether. The heels of the shoe should be thickened. The " Thacker " shoes are strongly recom- mended by some. We may here remark that large toe clips are not uncommonly a cause ofrdisease of the foot, and should never be Animals subject to navicular disease, require a cool bedding on a level- pavement, but nothing can serve the purpose better than sawdust, or a good sup
. Diseases & disorders of the horse, a treatise on equine medicine and surgery, being a contribution to the science of comparative pathology. Horses. 144 Toe clips should be very small, or dispensed with altogether. The heels of the shoe should be thickened. The " Thacker " shoes are strongly recom- mended by some. We may here remark that large toe clips are not uncommonly a cause ofrdisease of the foot, and should never be Animals subject to navicular disease, require a cool bedding on a level- pavement, but nothing can serve the purpose better than sawdust, or a good supply of straw. Animals, as a rule, will lie down in a quiet well-bedded box more readily ; and, as the recumbent posture is to be encouraged at- night, it will be well to make the box as comfortable as possible. When these measures have been taken, there remain two operations- which have been devised for the cure of navicular disease, and of these we shall say a few words. The first, frog-setoning, as represented in the second of our illustrations, is said to have proved serviceable in some inveterate- cases, when all other measures had failed. The second operation for the alleviation of navicular lameness is termed neurotomy. It was at one time so highly thought of as to be very frequently performed. It consists in removing a portion of nerve from both sides of the plantar nerves of each- fore limb. It is sometimes a very successful operation. It is, however, not advisable to perform it except as a last resource, when all other measures have failed, and the animal is quite U7ifit for workj as, although it often affords temporary relief, the nerves usually grow together again after a time,, and the animal may become still more lame than before. In performing the operation, it is usual to remove about one inch from the nerve of each side of both fore limbs; but sometimes it is performed on one limbonly. Neurotomy was supposed to have been first introduced by Mr. Sewell, but we ha
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