SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



and postero-lateral aspect of the 

 metacarpus, as distinguishable from 

 abnormal deposits on the front and 

 antero-lateral surfaces of this region, 

 designated exostoses. Strictly speak- 

 ing, this is incorrect, the two patholo- 

 gical states being precisely identical. 



An extensive personal acquaintance 

 v/ith practitioners leads the writer to 

 take this view. 



It is a fairly widespread custom 

 amongst veterinary surgeons to pass 

 horses as sound — frequently without 

 any prefixes in the wording of their 

 certificates — having splint, provided 

 that its situation is what they regard 

 as harmless. 



The argument in favour of the adop- 

 tion of this plan is, that one would 

 hardly ever find a sound horse, and when 

 found he might be useless. Unquestion- 

 ably this is a hard fact, and one 

 seemingly difficult to controvert. 



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