CONTENTS. ix 



Methods of Examination — Sprains — Strains of Psose Muscles — 

 Chorea — Stringhalt — Shivering — Myositis — Rheumatic T/ameness — 

 Emboli, ....... 231-252 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Particular Lamenesses. 



Shoulder Lameness — Shoulder-Slip — Elbow Lameness — Sprain of Radial 



or Superior Carpal Ligament — Carpitis, . . , 253-268 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Particular Lamenesses — continued. 



Speedy Cut — Broken Knees — Sprain of Flexor Tendons — Sjjrains of 

 Suspensory Ligament — Sprain of Fetlock- Joint — Sesamoiditis — Ring- 

 Bones, ....... 269-290 



CHAPTER XV. 



Particular Lamenesses — continued. 



Hip -Joint Lameness — Sprain of Gluteal Tendons, or Trochanteric Lame- 

 ness — Sprain and Atrophy of Crural Muscles — Stifle- Joint Lnmeness 

 — Laceration of Flexor Metatarsi Muscle, . . , 291-298 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Particular Lamenesses — continued. 



Diseases of the Hock — Bog-Spavin — Bone-Spavin — Conformation of Hock 

 most subject to Spavin — Thorough-Pin — Capped Hocks — Injuries to 

 Gastrocnemii Muscles — Curb, ... . , . 299-316 



CHAPTER XVIL 



Treatment of Lameness. 



Rest — Position of the Limb — Removal of Shoes- -High-Heeled Shoe — 

 Thin -Heeled Shoe — Hot and Cold Fomentations — Local Bleeding — 

 Purgatives — Counter-irritants — Blisters — Setons — Actual Cautery — 

 Theory of theii- Action, . . " . . . 317-324 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Diseases of the Feet. 



Preliminary Observations on Shoeing — Foot Lameness, divided into three 

 kinds : (1.) Diseases of the Bones and Cartilages; (2.) Diseases of the 

 Horn-Secreting Structures; (3.) Accidental Injuries — Disease of the 

 Pyramid of Os Fed^s — Side-Bones — Navicular Disease, Theories of 

 — Causes, Pathology, and Treatment — Neurotomy, its favourable 

 and unfavourable Effects — Gelatinous Degeneration of the Navicular 

 Bursa — Pathological Anatomy — Comparison to White Swelling, 325-355 



