24 LAMENESS IN THE HORSE. 



of the fetlock, the auimal left to itself eight to teu minutes, 

 and then trotted. If the lameness disappeared after such an 

 injection, the seat of the trouble was uecessaril}' below the 

 point of injection. The writer has abandoned this practice, 

 because the lame animal frequently becomes greatly excited, 

 even when less cocaine is introduced, and in his opinion the 

 results of the injection, which ought to be made aseptically 

 to avoid complications, are not sufficiently satisfactory to 

 warrant its use as a diagnostic agent in such cases. 



