ON LAMENESS. S9 



joint are the parts affected, it was thought most 

 proper to class it with ligamentary lameness. 

 From its situation, it is the most dangerous lame- 

 ness that can befal a horse, and it is very rarely 

 overcome, except the remedy is applied on the 

 commencement of the malady. It is usually 

 to be discovered by the sensation of great heat 

 round the coronet, by the horse not bringing 

 his heel to the ground, and by his standing with 

 his leg advanced before him as much as pos- 

 sible. 



The same propensity which farriers have to 

 ascribe the lameness of the hinder quarters to 

 the whirl-bone and the stifle, prevails also in 

 this case ; for except they can feel some en- 

 largement or external mark of injury in the leg, 

 they always fix upon the shoulder as the part, 

 affected. 



Under that persuasion they apply the re* 



medy to the shoulder, during which time the 



H 2 disease 



