298 PAllTICULAE LAMENESSES. 



that the process of repair will be very doubtful and unsatis- 

 factory. 



This peculiar lameness is not always due to rupture of the 

 flexor metatarsi muscle, as in the case just described, for it some- 

 times happens that its tendons of insertion become detached from 

 the tarsal and metatarsal bones. Such cases are diagnosed by 

 the peculiar gait and the seat of the swelling. 



Some few years ago there were three cases of sprain of this 

 muscle in Edinburgh at the same time, two in the Colle'^''e 

 practice and one in Mr. R. Rutherford's. 



