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CHAPTER IX. 



THE DISEASES AND AILMENTS OF HOUSES \YHI{ U 

 LEGALLY CONSTITUTE UNSOUNDNESS. 



Of Unsoundness and Vice. — In a former chapter 

 the definitions of soundness and unsoundness have 

 been given. It is proposed now to say sometliing 

 respecting the diseases of horses which clearly con- 

 stitute the latter defect, not as suggesting that in 

 any litigation the evidence of the complainant, as 

 derived from any legal hook, can he of value from 

 a scientific point of view ; but to enable any one 

 who thinks he has been wronged in a horse trans- 

 action to see whether he has or has not a remedy 

 against the person supposed to have wronged liim 

 before he embarks in a lawsuit. 



The veterinary art lias very mudi improved of 

 late years. Yotorinar}' surgeons now know wliat 

 they are talking about : but still, in rural parts, 

 the ignorance respecting the real diseases of 

 animals, is great. !Many farriers are natural 

 liealers of animals, just as many doctors are natural 

 Ileal ers of men ; from practice and long watching, 

 and a natural aptitude for the work, tliey effect 

 marvellous ciu-es, and yet would be unable to pass 

 the most simjjle examination on the anatomy of 



