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frequently consequent on it), and ulceration of the 

 synovial membrane of the cuneiform bones, as there 

 was betvveen the navicular joint disease and any other 

 disorganisation of the internal structure of the foot. 

 They might be connected, but were perfectly distinct. 

 They might run into each other ; one might be the 

 consequence of the other ; or each alone might pursue 

 its course and produce permanent lameness. He could 

 wish that the term spavin should be confined to that 

 enlargement connected with the bony union of the 

 metatarsals, which veterinary writers and horsemen 

 had uniformly distinguished under that term ; and that 

 some other and appropriate name should be given to 

 the inflammation and ulceration of the internal struc- 

 ture of the hock, and particularly of the cuneiform 

 bones." 



The Bone- Spavin is sometimes found among young 

 horses, from the aptitude of employing them in draught 

 at an early age ; in such cases it is often curable, 

 but in the older animals it is more difficult to get 

 rid of. 



Treatment. — This is another disease in which the 

 farriers vied with each other in exercising their cruelty 

 to the unhappy beast ; the older treatment not being 

 dissimilar to that employed in Splint. The most usual 

 method of the present day is more simple, although 

 not always efficient. Blistering is sometimes found to 

 produce all the efiects desired ; but in obstinate cases 

 we look in vain for a complete absorption of the bony 

 deposit, although the removal of all inflammation 

 of the ligaments can be brought about. The last thing 

 to which we may have resort is firing. All hopes of a 

 perfect cure, however, must greatly depend on the 

 time exostosis has been iorming. At the Royal Ve- 



