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CHAPTER XII.
establishment of the london veterinary school. m. st bel. moorcroft. the qualities of a good shoe. coleman. errors in physiology. conclusions of coleman as to shoeing. impracticable shoeing. bracy clark. exaggerated notions and re-discoveries. futile experiments. various writers. mr goodwin's method. its recommendations and appropriateness. its composite character. preparation of the hoof and application of the shoe. errors in this method. the bar and jointed shoe. discouragement of veterinary science in britain. the unilateral shoe. youatt and his teaching. miles' method of shoeing. its fallaciousness. hot-fitting. hallen and fitzwygram's method. its disadvantages. mayor's patent shoe.
Towards the termination of the 18th century, a veterinary school, which might be termed private, was commenced in London, and its first teacher, M. St Bel, published a small treatise on shoeing. This, however, appears to be nothing more than a commendation of Bourgelat's method. The shoe advised to be worn, nevertheless, was concave on the ground surface, to correspond to, or resemble, the concavity of the sole, and plane towards the hoof, something like the hunting-shoe of the present time. It was constantly used when the College was first established. More important was the little work
