68 LAMENESS. 



that can be pursued to effect the desired 

 purpose. 



LAMENESS 



Is a subject of so much universality, in 

 fact an event arising from such a variety of 

 causes, that it can never be thought inappli- 

 cable to enumerate the most probable from 

 which such defect may be occasioned ; there- 

 by exciting a proper degree of investigation, 

 ascertaining to a certainty by these means 

 what very frequently, from want ofcare, ac-* 

 curacy^ and attention, in the examination, is 

 fixed erroneously on an improper part, or at- 

 tributed to a wrong cause, as a mere matter 

 of opinion, and consequently liable to the 

 full forceof injudicious or inconsistent treat- 

 ment, with its long train of inconveniences. 



Exclusive of the distinct kind of lameness 

 proceeding from strains, very different de- 

 grees may be occasioned by blows or 

 BRUISES upon particular parts ; splents, 

 spavins, windgalls, thrush, ringbone, quit- 

 tor, and a variety of additional causes that 

 have already, or will be hereafter sufficiently 

 explained under their different heads, and 



