Abstract: The invention relates to a device for raising the hoof of an animal such as a cow, comprising a shoe (24), such as a wooden block, to be fixed to the hoof. Said shoe can be fixed to the hoof by means of a connecting medium such as a single or multi-component adhesive. The invention enables the shoe to be fixed simply and unproblematically to the hoof, and any unevenness to be easily leveled out. In order to achieve this, a porous material comprising a reactive adhesive, or a component provided with or consisting of one such adhesive, is applied to the hoof-side surface (26) of the shoe (24), forming the connecting medium between the shoe and the hoof.

Abstract: A bone cement composition includes, as the principal component, powdered copolymers of methyl methacrylate and methyl acrylate, or monomeric methyl methacrylate, and, in addition, gentamicin hydrochloride and/or gentamicin hydrobromide, or a mixture of gentamicin sulfate with sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bromide and/or potassium bromide. The bone cement composition is used, for example, for cementing implants in place, for the anchoring of endoprostheses of the joints, in the treatment of skull defects, and for carrying out spinal fusions. The composition provides for antibiotic release in higher concentrations to prevent infections.