CONTENTS. 



LECTURE IV. 



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Shoulder — 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 ....... 28 



LECTURE V. 



Knees {continued) — Broken Knees — Term Misleading — Law 

 on Subject — Case in Point — Another Case — To decide on 

 Intermediate Cases of Broken Knees — Enlargements about 

 the Knee — Ganglions — Nature of Ganglions — Cannon 

 Bone, Subcutaneous — Front Part seldom affected — Pastern 

 Joint 36 



LECTURE VI. 



The Fore Foot— Only a Part of a Whole— Its Relation to the 

 Fore Leg — When the Horse is Awake — When Asleep — 

 Not so much Weight on it when Awake as when the 

 Horse Sleeps Standing — The Fore Legs have efficiejit 

 Mainstays, except at the Navicular Joint — The Navicular* 

 Joint very Defective — The Relation between the Phalanges 

 and the Column of Bones above — Importance of the Line 

 of the Coronary Band being always Noted — Its Tendency 

 to become Horizontal — Long Pasterns, Low Heels, and 

 Long Toes — A Good Foot and Pastern — A Boxy Foot — 

 Shoeing Blamed for every Ailment of the Foot — Shoe 

 Inventions — The Charlier Shoe 41 



LECTURE VII. 



The Fore Foot {continued) — Horse Examination very Difficult : 

 Why. Cases as Examples — A Classification : I. Anoma- 

 lies of Size ; II. Anomalies of Shape ; III. Anomalies of 

 Position; IV. Injuries; V. Diseases — Feet compared with 

 each other, and with the Horse's Bulk — Too Large Feet — 

 Feet too Small — Sigits of previous Fever in the Feet — 

 Test for a previous Inflammation in the Feet — Frogs 

 Atrophied — Frogs too Large ...... 50 



LECTURE VIII. 



Showing how Heels become High and Contracted . . .58 



