FOR
Horseshoers and
Veterinarians
BY
A. LUNGWITZ
FORMER MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SAXON VETERINARY COMMISSION,
LATE INSTRUCTOR IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF HORSESHOEING,
AND DIRECTOR OF THE SHOEING SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL
VETERINARY COLLEGE IN DRESDEN, GERMANY
AND
JOHN W. ADAMS
PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS, AND
LECTURER ON SHOEING IN THE VETERINARY SCHOOL,
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ELEVENTH EDITION
WITH TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
Copyright, 1897, by J. B. Lippincott Company.
Copyright, 1904, by J. B. Lippincott Company.
Copyright, 1913, by J. B. Lippincott Company.
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The inauguration of the law requiring horseshoers to be examinedemphasizes the need of a brief and easily understood text-book ontheoretical and practical horseshoeing. At the request of the RoyalVeterinary Commission, in charge of the Royal Veterinary Schoolin Dresden, and many interested individuals, I have attempted to meetthis need by condensing within the narrowest possible limits all thatis essential to the horseshoer in the practice of his profession.The subject-matter has been cast into a logically arranged course ofinstruction; all that is superfluous and is found only in exhaustivetreatises on shoeing has been omitted.
In order to make this elementary text-book more easy to understand,numerous instructive illustrations have been incorporated, which weretaken partly from “Der Fuss des Pferdes,” by Leisering & Hartmann,fifth edition, Dresden, 1882; partly from the journal DerHufschmied, and partly from drawings made specially for this work.
With the desire that this little book may find many friends and supplythem with valuable information, it is herewith given to the public.
Dresden, September, 1884.[Pg 4]
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During the past nine years in which it has been my privilege to teachhorseshoeing to students of veterinary medicine in the University ofPennsylvania, and to classes of horseshoers under the auspices of theMaster Horseshoers’ National Protective Association of America, Ihave been forcibly impressed with the urgent need of a text-book ofhorseshoeing that is adapted to the needs of beginners. In my opinion,such a work must present a detailed description of the anatomy andphysiology of the legs below the middle of the cannons, and mustemphasize in unmistakable terms the definite relations which existbetween certain well-defined forms of the hoof and certain well-definedstanding positions of the limb. Only on this sure foundation can athoroughly scientific system of shoeing be based. Furthermore, theteachings must be eminently practical, logically arranged, as brief asis co