18 SOUNDNESS IN HORSES. 



sufficient cause for considering him unsound. The chief 

 distinguishing signs of a previous attack of laminitis, 

 woukl be : a convex condition of the sole ; the existence of 

 a h\rge mass of imperfectly-formed horn at the toe ; and 

 the presence of the characteristic irregular rings round 

 the wall of the hoof. 



Lateral cartilages, Ossification of the. — See " Side-bones." 



Lympliangitis. — Owing to the recurrent nature of this 

 disease, a horse which is known to have had it, or which 

 shows any signs of having had it, should not be passed 

 sound. ' 



MaUenders. 



Mange, ixirasitic. 



Melanosis. 



Moon-llindness. — See " Ophthalmia, periodic." 



Nasal gleet. 



Navicular disease. 



Neurotoiny, effect of. — Chief Justice Best {Best v. 

 Oshorne)* ruled, with respect to an animal on which this 

 operation had been performed, that " a horse deprived of 

 a useful nerve was imperfect, and had not that capacity 

 of service which is stipulated for in a warranty." 



Ophthalmia, periodic. — This is a recurrent disease, 



which, in its ordinary course, terminates in blindness. 



A horse is, therefore, unsound if he is suffering from an 



acute attack of this disease, or if he shows signs of having 



* Ryan & Moody's Reports, p. 296. 



