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Navicularthritis, treatment of, sweating the pastern 180-1 



repetition of blood-letting and blistering 182 



the frog seton 183 



firing the coronet 184 



Neurotomy. Derivation, definition, purpose, introduction 185 



Professor Sewell the author of ibid. 



Moorcroft's claims thereto 186 



rationale of 188 



remote effects fiom 189 



does the neurotomized horse step and tread as before? 190 



the success of neurotomy 191 



the insuccess of neurotomy 195 



, to command success from 196 



the election of the subject for 199 



the operation described 206 



the course of the metacarpal and plantar nerves 208-9 



the incision through the skin 210 



by transverse incision 212 



the operation concluded 213 



the high operation 214 



improvements in neurotomy 215 



subcutaneous neurotomy ibid. 



Mr. Erne's instrument for 217 



Mr. Gowing's instrument for ibid. 



regeneration of nervous matter 219 



return of sensation 220 



neurotomy confined to one leg 221 



sequelae of neurotomy 222 



is a horse sound after neurotomy ? 223 



Other joint lamenesses 224 



Hip-joint (or round bone) lameness 225 



— — treatment of 227 



Elbow-joint lameness 229 



post-mortem account 233 



Shoulder-joint lameness 234 



opinions of French veterinarians on 236 



symptoms of. 237 



causes of 239 



treatment of. ibid. 



Knee-joint lameness 244 



Mr. Arthur Cherry's observations on 245 



treatment of 252 



Spunt 252 



name, definition, and kinds of 253 



