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IIOUSK WAKUAM Y. 



Acute and 

 «iib-a<;uto 

 lamiuitis. 



to tlio Luyer sound, but with tlio seeds of disease. 

 Thou the now owner cannot make too mucli of or 

 feed his purchase too well. In a few days, or 

 l)erhaps next morning, the horse shows signs of 

 inflammation in tlio foot. In such a case a.s this, 

 it is prohablo that a disappointed buyer will fail 

 to recover on alleged breach of warranty ; it may 

 bo that disease is no fault of the seller, or, at all 

 events, had care been taken, no fever would have 

 come on. In most works on farriery a distinction 

 is made with reference to laminitis, this complaint 

 being divided into two stages and called acute 

 laminitis and sub-acute laminitis ; as a fact, acuto 

 laminitis is fever of a violent character in the feet 

 of a horse — sub-acute is the chronic stage, and 

 whether these can be cured or not is of little mat- 

 ter, for they detract from the natm*al usefulness 

 of a horse, and are unsoundness. It is, however, 

 material that a person before he goes to law, should 

 consider the grounds on which he founds his com- 

 plaint. If the disease has como on since the pm-- 

 cluise, and from any of the causes above hinted 

 at, he, as was said before, may fail to recover back 

 his money from the seller ; on the other hand, if 

 the disea,se was of long standing, the horse hius 

 been sold uns(jund, and, if warranted, can be re- 

 turned or IIk' money recovered back. Assuming 

 that such is the case, and a buyer thinks he has 

 been defrauded or wronged, what are the symp- 

 toms wc should look for as differing, altliough 



