. Diseases of the horse's foot. Horses; Hoofs -- Diseases; Horses -- Diseases. OPERATIONS ON THE FOOT 85 construction. These are to be found in the so-called sage- knife, and the modern (French) pattern of drawing-knife. The modern drawing-knife differs from the smith's instrument in being attached to a straight, instead of a curved, handle, and in usually being sharp on both edges instead of only one. These are made in various sizes (Fig. 46, a, b), and the blades fiat, curved on the flat, or curved at an angle with the edges of the haft. The sage-knife, as its name indicates, is a knife with
. Diseases of the horse's foot. Horses; Hoofs -- Diseases; Horses -- Diseases. OPERATIONS ON THE FOOT 85 construction. These are to be found in the so-called sage- knife, and the modern (French) pattern of drawing-knife. The modern drawing-knife differs from the smith's instrument in being attached to a straight, instead of a curved, handle, and in usually being sharp on both edges instead of only one. These are made in various sizes (Fig. 46, a, b), and the blades fiat, curved on the flat, or curved at an angle with the edges of the haft. The sage-knife, as its name indicates, is a knife with a lanceolate-shaped blade. These also may be obtained in varying forms and sizes (Fig. 46, c, d, e). Fig 46, c, is a single-edged, right-handed sage knife. Fig. 46, d, is a left-. Fig. 47.—Symen's Abscess-knife. handed instrument of the same type. The double-edged sage-knife is represented in Fig. 46, c. It may be mentioned too, in passing, that the ordinary Symes's abscess-knife (Fig. 47) is a most useful instrument when performing the operation of partial excision of the lateral cartilages, its peculiar shape lending itself admirably to the niceties of the operation. One or two-good shaped firing-irons will also be found useful. They will lighten the labor of tediously excavat- ing grooves with the knife, where that procedure is neces- sary ; and, used in certain positions to be afterwards de- scribed, will afford just that necessary degree of stimulus to the horn-secreting structures of the foot, which the use of the knife alone will not. The man in country practice will also be well advised in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reeks, H. Caulton (Harry Caulton). Chicago : A. Eger
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