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LAMENESS IN THE HORSE. 



coronet, heels, etc., and violent throbbing of the collateral 

 artery of the cannon or digital ateries, which always accom- 

 panies inflammatory changes of some extent in the hoof, are 

 met with. Whenever the animal shows volar flexion of the 

 phalanges, supports weight cautiously and only upon the 



Position of anterior limbs in laminitis. 

 (Hind legs ought to be more advanced.) 



toe, it is advisable to practice dorsal flexion ; pain, as a 

 consequence of it, indicates purulent cellulitis of the plantar 

 cushion and often disease of the flexor tendon. (See fig. 24.) 

 Differential Diagnosis.— Yvom a clinical point of view it is 

 difficult unless pus formation or cellulitis are present. 



1. Parenchymatous inflammation comes on gradually and 

 lameness may increase to great severity. Superficial inflam- 



