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Observation X. 



A horfe was lame for two months without 

 their knowing his cafe ; I pronounced the lame- 

 nefs to be in his foot, and fhewed them a fmall 

 fwelUng at the coronet, they attended him, 

 but the fwelJing increafed, for two years, by 

 negleding to draw the fole in the beginning. 

 I difledted this foot, and found the nut, coro- 

 nary, and coffin-bones oflified together •, which 

 was caufed by the difcharge of the oileous 

 juice upon them •, they were fo coalefced to- 

 gether, that it was difficult to diftinguifh the 

 places of the articulation of thefe three bones. 



Observation XL 



An anchylofis after an inflammation. An 

 effort or ftrain which might not be violent 

 enough to fradlure the coronary nor nut-bones, 

 nor even rupture the flexor tendon, might go fo 

 far as to produce an inflammation of the fleihy 

 fole -, if the inflammation is communicated to 

 the ligaments, tendons, and capfulse of the 

 joints. I pronounced it always incurable by 

 the formation of an anchylofis in the part if 

 not infl:antly taken in hand. I have feen two 

 kinds of this difeafe in feet difl^edled by my- 

 felf, an account of the pieces of which, as well 



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