436 DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND SPLEEN. 



Lameness of the fore Leg, in hepatitis, has been observed 

 both hy English and French veterinarians, — " Ce, qui est 

 remarquable/^ says D^Arboval, ^' il boite qnelquefois du 

 membre anterieur droit ^ ce qui semble indiquer que la douleur 

 s'etend jusqu^a Pepaule, comme dans Thomme." The most 

 interesting case I am acquainted with of this description — 

 one that bears striking analogy to the pain referred to the 

 right shoulder in human medicine — is the following : — - 



The horse belonged to the Koyal Artillery, at Woolwich, 

 and was lame in the off fore leg, through which ultimately 

 he became disabled to that degree that he with difficulty 

 projected the limb even in walking. No cause whatever 

 being discoverable, and the lameness continuing in defiance 

 of all that had been done by way of remedy, it was deemed 

 advisable to destroy the animal. The limb was dissected ; 

 but everypart appeared healthy. His body was then opened, 

 and, strange to say, a thorn of considerable length was 

 found sticking in the substance of the liver. 



In the ^ Veterinarian,^ for 1847, p. 73, is related a case, 

 by Mr. W. Smith, V.S. Epsom, in which the lameness ap- 

 peared in the near instead of the off or right fore leg. The 

 subject was a cart colt whom Mr. Smith attended on account 

 of a " slight attack of fever,'^ with a little ^^ soreness of his 

 sides.^^ He proved to be lame in the near fore leg, evi- 

 dently in the shoulder from his action, but nothing could 

 be discovered to account for the lameness. Nothing proving 

 of any avail, and the lameness increasing, after four months 

 he was destroyed. The limb, examined in every part after 

 death, was found perfectly normal, as were the contents of 

 the chest and abdomen, with the exception of the liver, which 

 " was diminished in bulk nearly one half, but much increased 

 in density, and studded throughout with small cartilaginous 

 bodies, which, from their shape, might be called asteroids, 

 being full of points very much resembling stars. They were 

 so hard, that I at first thought they were osseous, but suc- 

 ceeded after some time in deciding on their cartilaginous 

 nature.^' 



Spasmodic Affections of the shoulder, side, &c., have 



