. Fig. 73.—Smith's Expansion Shoe seen from its Ground Surface and from the Side. a, The screw, with- a fine-cut thread; b, nut which travels along it; c, ahollow thimble into which the screw passes at one end, the other being cut out V-shaped to catch into a slot (d) on the shoe; e, e, the grip* for the bars, the length and direction of which depend upon the shape of the foot; /, f, the counter-sunk rivets forming the hinge (/) ; g, the counter-sung rivet of the expanding piece. ever, Lieutenant-Colonel Fred Smith was the first English veterinarian to use a shoe of his own devising, and to re

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. Fig. 73.—Smith's Expansion Shoe seen from its Ground Surface and from the Side. a, The screw, with- a fine-cut thread; b, nut which travels along it; c, ahollow thimble into which the screw passes at one end, the other being cut out V-shaped to catch into a slot (d) on the shoe; e, e, the grip* for the bars, the length and direction of which depend upon the shape of the foot; /, f, the counter-sunk rivets forming the hinge (/) ; g, the counter-sung rivet of the expanding piece. ever, Lieutenant-Colonel Fred Smith was the first English veterinarian to use a shoe of his own devising, and to report on its effects. This shoe we will, therefore, give first men- tion- The above figure, with its accompanying letterpress, sufficiently explains the nature of the shoe. In fitting the * The inventor of this shoe uses the word ' grip ' to denote what, in describing other expansion shoes, we term the 'clip' (H. C. R.).

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