348 Q/ particular Diforders 



♦ the flefliy fole againft the horny one: 

 and all thefe combined ccmprefTions pro- 

 duce an inflammation upon the flefhy 

 foie, which ipreads all over the other 



parts. 



From the It is extremely probable, that the dif- 

 difterent ferent attitudes of a horfe's foor, over- 

 attitude charo-ed at the lame time with the weiaht 



or the ^ ^ 



foot. ^- ^^^ body, cauies the diff-rent fradures 



of the coronary and nut bones : for v*'hen 

 the foot has not a direcSt pofition, the 

 joints are twifted, as wlien a horfe treads 

 upon the point, or toe of the hoof-, the 

 upper and inner part of the coronary 

 bone, which is in an oblique pofition, 

 prefTed in that Ifate by the burthen of 

 his own body, is forced to yield on one 

 fide, and rife on the other \ its lower 

 and back parts, which now rife, drive the 

 nut-bone againil the tendo-achilles, which 

 fuftains it: the tendon in its turn prelTes 

 againft the flefliy fole, which is alfo com- 

 prcffed againft the horny fole, which is 

 its point of fupporf, the tendon, coro- 

 nary, and nut-bones become fra6lured 

 upwards and backwards, by the paftern, 

 which alfo had an oblique pofition ; and 

 downward and forward, by the foot or 

 coffin-joint, which here a6ts as a wedge : 



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