A Text-book of Horseshoeing

About this eBook

Author

Lungwitz, A. (Anton), 1845-1936

Title

A Text-Book of Horseshoeing, for Horseshoers and Veterinarians

Credits

Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Horseshoeing

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66786

Release Date

November 21, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A TEXT-BOOK OF HORSESHOEING
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
3. 3.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.PART I.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.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.)
11. 11.PART II.
12. 12.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.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. SHOEING HORSES THAT FORGE AND INTERFERE. — A. Forging. — B. Interfering.
14. 14.CHAPTER V. WINTER SHOEING.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. HOOF NURTURE. — A. Care of Unshod Hoofs. — B. Care of Shod Hoofs.
16. 16.PART III.
17. 17.CHAPTER VII. GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE SHOEING OF DEFECTIVE HOOFS AND LAME HORSES.
18. 18.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).
19. 19.CHAPTER IX. DEFECTS OF THE HOOF. — A. Changes of Form. — B. Disturbances of Continuity of the Hoof.
20. 20.CHAPTER X. SHOEING MULES, ASSES, AND OXEN.
21. 21.INDEX

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