lame in this part, he generally drags the leg 

 after him on the toe, and the motion of the 

 hind quarter is so distinct from that occasioned 

 hy lameness in any other part, that there can 

 be no difficulty in detecting it. 



LAMENESS IN THE SHOULDER 



Arises from a blow or from a sudden and violent 

 extension of the leg in passing over a slippery 

 surface. It is distinguished from lameness in 

 any other part of the limb, by the animal 

 moving the leg with a stiff knee, and in a cir- 

 cular direction outwards. The lameness is 

 seldom of lon^ duration, and is of much less 

 consequence than lameness in any part of the 

 foot. It is, however, a very favourite maxim 

 with country farriers and grooms to ascribe 

 most lamenesses in the fore limb to some dis- 

 ease in the shoulder, and it has been errone- 

 ously supposed that lameness in the shoulder 

 is, nine times out of ten, incurable. In the 

 course of my practice, however, I have known 

 several cases of shoulder lameness, where the 

 animal had apparently lost the use of the quar- 

 ter, removed in a fortnight or three weeks. 



One of the chief causes why lameness, in 

 any other part, is so frequently attributed to 

 the shoulder, arises from the evident wasting 



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