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LA FERRURE PÉRIPLANTAIRE, HISTOIRE D'UNE POLÉMIQUE

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Pierre Charlier, veterinarian of a transport company of Paris, presented 1765 a revolutionary method of far-riery. His horse shoe was made of an iron hook inlaid into the edge of the wall that limited the wear of the hoof while the sole and frog came into contact with the ground and limited slips. This patented device called into question the principles of the French method of farriery, threatened Parisian workshops owned by veterinarians in sight und thus unleashed a controversy of a rare violence that flourished the following year.