52 THE 1MPR0\£D ART OF FARRIERY. 



considering how unmercifaliy he was crammed, could 

 not but be the case. 



" Instances," continues this writer, " frequently 

 occur among men of voracious appetites who have 

 died suddenly after an excessive meal, by filling their 

 stomachs to such a degree that the strongest emetics 

 could have no effect upon them. But these instances 

 in men are not very frequent, for if a man's stomach 

 is not filled too suddenly to its fullest extent, (which 

 has sometimes happened to those who have brutishly 

 eaten for a wager) , he will generally have a spontaneous 

 inclination to vomit, and so get rid of his enemy. But 

 an excessive fullness of the stomach and guts must 

 always create great disorder in a horse that has no 

 natural power to vomit, so that all possible means 

 should be used to preserve the passage of the intestines 

 free and open, according to the method before described, 

 namely, by clysters, lenitive purges, and an opening 

 diet, that being all the chance he can have for his life 

 in such circumstances." 



DISEASES OF THE LEG. 



There are several diseases peculiar to the leg, espe- 

 cially among the bones and joints, and though they 

 do not always produce lameness, the horses so afflicted 

 are ever denominated unsound. These may rank as 

 follows : — 



Splents, or Sphnt. 



Ringbone. 



Spavin. 



Anchylosis, or Stifl* Joint. 



Ossification of the Cartilages of the Foot. 



