98 ON LAMENESS. j 



phorated spirits of wine maybe applied once \ 

 daily until a cure is effected. 



LAMENESS m the WHIRL-BONE, 



Or the Articulation of the Thigh Bone with the Pelvis. 



In this case the ligaments of the joint are 

 probably principally affected. The whole part, 

 however, is surrounded by such massy and pow- 

 erful muscles, as to be protected, in a consi- 

 derable degree, from injury. When the ani- 

 mal is lame in this situation, he drags the leg 

 after him on the toe. Camphorated spirits of 

 wine will be found useful in a recent case ; in 

 an old injury, recourse must be had to blisters. 



LAMENESS in the COFFIN JOINT. 



Although the seat of this lameness is 

 within the hoof, yet as the ligaments of the 



joint 



