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 ofF; thofe alfo who have carried their horfes,. 

 affeded in the fame manner, to him, have aiTur- 

 ed him that the leafl falfe ftep has occafioned it. 

 The Sieiir la Fofle remarks another fingularity, 

 which is, that the coronary-bone is generally di- 

 vided in three pieces nearly equal. Perhaps the 

 reafon of this may be drawn from the confidera- 

 tion of the manner in which the coronary-bone 

 is joined to the paftern and foot-bones, by their 

 ilrong ligaments, which being three in number, 

 each feems to have retained its part of the bone, 

 and favoured its divifion into three parts. 



The difcovery of this difeafe, which has ne- 

 ver been treated of before by the writers of ana- 

 tomy, medicine, or furgery, does not lead us 

 to the manner of curing it, becaufe it is ab- 

 ' folutely incurable ; on the contrary it ferves to 

 convince us, that if it was even pofTible to keep 

 the bones together fo as to favour their uniting, 

 the fradure being in a joint, there would flill 

 remain an anchyiofis or callous, which would 

 render the horfe unfit for fervice. 



But the Sieur la FoiTe's obfervation is not- 

 withftanding of very great ufe, for it fhews us 

 the impolTibility of curing a difeafe that was 

 always thought curable from their ignorance 

 of the matter, and confequently he has found 

 the means of fparing to the owners of horfes, 

 taken lame, the expences of a cure attempted 

 in vain. He further knows how to diftinguifh 

 when the coronary-bone is fradured or is not ; 



although 



