The Foot Of The Horse Its True Nature Structure Lawseconomy Explained To Which Are Added Observations On The Ruinous Effects Of The Principle Involved In The Ordinary Shoe And A Treatise On The New Principle Of Expansion Shoeing With Illustrations

Author : Bracy Clark
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ISBN 13 : 9781332263684
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Hippodonomia, Or the True Structure, Laws, and Economy, of the Horse's Foot written by Bracy Clark and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hippodonomia, or the True Structure, Laws, and Economy, of the Horse's Foot: Also Podophthora, or a Ruinous Defect in the Principle of the Common Shoe Detected; And Demonstrated by Experiments; With a Proposition for a New Principle of Shoeing, Which Abundant Practice Has Since Confirmed About seven years ago, whilst pursuing some experiments on the contracted feet of horses, it occurred to me that the causes usually advanced to explain this serious imperfection were not real; and that, in fact, the accidents, carelessness, idle habits, and wanton tricks of the smith, so much inveighed against, had very little concern in its production. The efficient cause began to appear to me to lie much deeper, and to consist in the very method itself by which the shoe was affixed to the foot. To establish this opinion by the unerring evidence of experiment seemed difficuAfter having well considered these facts, and reflected on the great obscurity which has hitherto prevailed in this branch of veterinary science, I imagined that these discoveries might be worthy the attention of the public; especially as, the cause of this chief defect being now understood, little would remain in the art of shoeing that did not admit of easy solution. I further hoped that, by doing this, I might excite such efforts as would crown with success the attempt to remove the evil, by introducing shoes of a different construction. The few experiments which I have been able to make lead me to conjecture that it cannot be long ere this will be accomplished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.