ABSOLUTE UNSOUNDNESS. 15 



tendon that is attached to it. "It aj)pears as a tense 

 fluctuating swelling, situated on both sides of the point 

 of the hock. It is an unsoundness, causing lameness, 

 and sometimes the formation of abscesses from caries of 

 the summit of the os calcis " (Williams). 



Caioped knee. — Any swelling about this important 

 joint, could hardly fail to injuriously affect the animal's 

 usefulness. 



Cataract (Higgs v. Thrale).* The slightest opacity in 

 either the lens or capsule is an unsoundness ; as it is not 

 alone calculated to interfere with the sight, but is always 

 liable to spread. 



Cord, Scirrlious. 



Cornea, undue convexity of, so as to cause shying [see 

 page 5). 



Corns. 



Cough. — As a " cough," invariably, diminishes the 

 natural usefulness of a horse at the time, it must, in 

 all cases, be regarded as an unsoundness (Coates y. 

 StcjjJiens). t It is, also, liable to be followed by per- 

 manent impairment of the animal's "wind." A cough 

 is not a disease in itself, but is a symptom of the 

 existence of some irritation to the air-passages, or 

 to the nerves which supply them. If the irritation 

 is of such a temporary character, as to be entirely 



* Cited by Oliphant in Lcnu of Horses. 



t Moody & Piobiiison's Reports, vol. 2, p. 158. 



