28 EXAMINATION OF HORSES 



LECTURE IV. 



Shoitkler — Shoulder Slip— Causes — Slight Cases "doctored up" — 

 Case — Caused by Sprain — Curability — Point of Shoulder — 

 Space between Shoulder Point and Elbow — Knee — Broken 

 Knees — Five Degrees — First Degree — Second Degree — Third 

 Degree — Fourth and Fifth Degrees — Severe Blow on Knees. 



Gentlemen, — At our last meeting we had got so far 

 in our examination as the near-side shoulder, and I 

 warned you about collar marks, and what they occa- 

 sionally pointed to. The shoulders are liable to injury 

 in one or two ways, and show it either as atrophy of 

 the muscles on either side of the spine of the scapular, 

 or by some mark at the point of the shoulder from 

 injury or from surgical treatment. Atrophy of the 

 shoulder, vulgarly known as "Shoulder Slip," is rather 

 a common disease, more especially among young horses 

 used for much collar work. Those used for ploughing 

 and harness are perhaps more liable to it than others. 

 It has been supposed that slipping in the furrow pro- 

 duces it in the one case; but in the other I am not 

 aware that even a guess has been made as to its cause. 

 This is scarcely the place to discuss the matter j but I 



