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the mufcles and tendons of the foot as wc 

 have faid before. 



4. That in all cafes of flrong comprefTion 

 the inflammation muft oflify the joints of the 

 foot, by the flagnation of the fluids, efpecially 

 when not taken care of foon enougl; , 



B. I have feen examples wherein, v/hen the 

 nut and coronary bones have been wounded by 

 nails, or when matter has been long pent up, 

 the cartilages of thefe bones have been eaten in- 

 to by the fharpnefs of it; thefe are incurable 

 diforders, even though all the other parts are 

 found. 



There can be no hopes of curing the frac- 

 tures of the nut and coronary-bones, as we 

 do the ruptured ^endo Achillis^ for all their 

 articulations are in continual motion ; and if 

 by chance they fhould unite, the horfe would 

 fl:ill inevitably be lame, by the callus formed 

 in the joint, as Mr. Morand fays in his report 

 given in to the academy. 



B. I prefume the very ftrudlure of the foot 

 makes it liable to feveral accidents. The hoof 

 wherein the articulations of the upper parts 

 aflfemble, and which, befides, has its own par- 

 ticular motion, has need of great flrength and 

 folidity \ becaufe all the weight of the body, 

 bearing upon the feet, can admit neither the 

 bones nor tendons to vary their condition. 



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