CHAPTER V. 



On LAMENESS. 



<AMENESS, which does not orighiate from 

 any disease in the hoof, may be divided into 

 three kinds, viz. of the muscles, of the tendons 

 and Hgamenis, and of the bones. Lameness 

 which has its seat in the bones, arises from ad- 

 ventitious and diseased ossifications in different 

 parts of the extremities, and which are com- 

 monly distinguished by the following terms^ 

 viz. 



SPLENT, 



RING BONE, 



STIFF JOINT, OR ANCHYLOSIS, 



BONE SPAVIN. 



The splent is one of the most common dis- 

 eases incident to the fore legs. The proximate 

 G 2 cause 



