of particular DiforJerSy Sec. 343 



the feet of horfcs ; particularly of thofe 

 fra(5lures, to which the coronary and nut- 

 bones are liable j as well as of the tendo- 

 achilles, which this bone fuftains ; alfo, 

 of the different degrees of violence, to 

 which this tendon is fubjed, from the 

 moil flight diftradion, or draining of its 

 fibres, to its total rup:ufe. 



Though the difcovery of thcfc dif-Theuti- 

 orders does not lead us to the manner 'j^y^^.- 

 of curing them all, becaufe fome are in coveries." 

 their nature abfolutely incurable, as the 

 fradures of the coron iry and nut- bone ; 

 yet it is of very great ufe, by undeceiving 

 us in a point, that was always hitherto 

 thought curable, from the ignorance of 

 former praditioners •, and confequently 

 the owners of fuch horfcs will no longer 

 be impofed on, and for the future will 

 fave the expences of a cure, that mud be 

 attempted in vain : for we may be con- 

 vinced by the examination of the plates, 

 that if it was even pofTible to keep the 

 bones together, fo as to favour their 

 uniting, the fradure being in a joint, 

 there would remain a fliiTntfs, or callus, 

 which would render the horfe unfit for 

 fervice. 



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