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tendinous and membranous fibres, the 

 tenfions and elafticity of which is very 

 great in the foot, that chey are fufceptible 

 of all the unhappy confcquenccs of com - 

 prcfTion* 



That it is to no purpofe tokeephorfts FraQurci 

 who have any fradures, except in tbe^^^r^'^c 

 foot-bone, which is capable ot unitingi ^^^^'^ 

 becaufe it has fo little motion, and is fo ^^^^ ^^^j. 

 firmly fecured. There can be no hopes incuraWfi. 

 of curing the fradlures of the nut and 

 coronary bones, as we do the ruptured 

 tendo achilles, for all their articulations 

 are in continual motion ; and if by chance 

 they (hould unite, the horfc would ftill 

 be inevitably lame, by the callus formed 

 in the joint. 



That in cafes of all ftrong comprefTions Ccmpref- 

 upon the fiefliy fole, againll the horny fions ol 

 fole, which is an expanfion of the muf-^''^^^' 

 cles and tendons of the foot, the in- ^.^^^ 



quewce 

 ont 



flammations will oflify the joints of the proper 

 foot, by the ilagnation of the fluids-, un- care- 

 lefs care be taken in time to difperfe it by 

 medicines, or drawing the fole. 



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