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STRAINS IN VARIOUS PARTS. 



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Strains are accidents thstt frequently happen 

 to horses of every description, arid it is highly 

 necessary that every person concerned with them 

 should be acquainted with their nature and cure. 

 Strains, for the moKStjmrt, proceed from a forcible 

 extension of the muscles, or some of the tendon- 

 ous fibres, and small vessels; and are attended 

 Witti a' degree of inflammation, more or less, ac- 

 cordinf]; to the violence of the complaint. 



The following, symptoms indicate a horse to be 

 strained in the shoulder. If trotted,, he cannot get 

 his leg forward with the other, but 'forms a circle 

 with it; if it be attempted to run him up-hill, 

 it js with the greatest difficulty that , he cjan move 

 it.^t.^U ; likewise, wteen. he^Unds \v\ tj>e.stabl^ he 



