TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Detection of the Lame Leg 9 



CHAPTER II. 



Detection of the Seat of Lameness 13 



History 13 



Examination of the Lame Animal 14 



Examination of the Hoof 14 



CHAPTER III. 



Lameness in the Foreleg 25 



Anatomo-Physiological Review 25 



CHAPTER IV. 



Lameness in the Region of the Shoulder 35 



1. Shoulder Lameness 35 



Diseased Conditions of the Shoulder-Joint and its Neigh- 

 borhood 36 



Inflammatory Swellings and New Growths 36 



Thrombosis of the Brachial Artery 36 



Disease of the Muscles of the Shoulder 37 



Contusions and Distortion of the Scapulo-humeral 



Articulation 38 



2. Luxation of the Scapulo-humeral Articulation 39 



3. Inflammation of the Bursa and Tendon of the Postea- 



spinatus Muscle 39 



4. Paralysis of the Supra-scapular Nerve 40 



5. Inflammation of t'he Bursa of the Flexor Brachii Muscle. . . 40 



6. Paralysis of the Radial Nerve 42 



7. Paralysis of the Brachial Nerve Plexus 44 



8. Fracture of the Scapula 45 



9. Fracture of the Fore-arm 45 



Fracture of the Diapliysis 45 



Fracture of One of the Condyles 46 



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