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looks about as if preparing to lie down, he continues 

 to shift his weight from foot to foot, he is afraid to 

 draw his feet sufficiently under him for the purpose of 

 lying down, but at length he drops. His quietness 

 when down will distinguish it from colic or inflamma- 

 tion of the bowels, in both of which the horse is up 

 and down, and frequently rolling and kicking when 

 down. When the grievance is in the feet, the horse 

 experiences so much relief from getting rid of the 

 weight that he is glad to lie as long as he can. He 

 will, likewise, as clearly as in inflammation of the lungs 

 or bowels, point out the seat of disease by looking at 

 the part. His muzzle will often rest on the feet or the 

 affected foot. 



The feet will be found hot. The patient will express 

 pain if they are slightly rapped with a hammer, and 

 the artery at the pastern will throb violently. If the 

 disease is suffered to pursue its course, he will be 

 perfectly unable to rise ; or, if he is forced to get up, 

 and one foot is lifted, he will stand with difficulty on 

 the others, or perhaps drop at once from intense pain. 



