. Fig. 89.—Koster's Sand-crack Clamp. Clamping by any method should be advised or under- taken only under certain conditions. The horn should be moderately strong, and the wall should be thick. This practically restricts the use of the clamp to cracks of the toe, and it is there, as a fact, they are found of most benefit. While burning the grooves for the clamp, and while tightening the clamp itself, the animal's foot should be on the ground and bearing weight at the heels, thus insuring the greatest possible approximation of the edges oi the crack. With all methods of clamping an untoward res
. Fig. 89.—Koster's Sand-crack Clamp. Clamping by any method should be advised or under- taken only under certain conditions. The horn should be moderately strong, and the wall should be thick. This practically restricts the use of the clamp to cracks of the toe, and it is there, as a fact, they are found of most benefit. While burning the grooves for the clamp, and while tightening the clamp itself, the animal's foot should be on the ground and bearing weight at the heels, thus insuring the greatest possible approximation of the edges oi the crack. With all methods of clamping an untoward result is sometimes the formation of a fresh crack at the point of insertion of the clamps (c)By the Use of Thin Metal Plates.—These are of use when the horn of the wall is too thin to allow of clamping, and are therefore of especial use in cracks of the quarters. * Veterinarian, vol. lxi., p. 141.
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