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chance for the beneficial application of further remedial 

 measures. 



;the modus operandi of treatment 



is precisely the same as in simple contraction with which mor- 

 bid condition, I repeat my conviction, it will be found to be 

 identical in a vast majority of such cases. 



RINGBONE. 



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ETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY. 



The following presents in brief outline my views of the etiol- 

 ogy and pathology of this diseased condition. Abnormal con- 

 traction of the quarters ; the wasted frog tissues ; the elevated 

 margins of the great sole fissure ; the unnaturally upright pas- 

 tern constitute the sequence of causes that produce disease in 

 the bones of the navicular joint, of which the os coronis is the 

 superior in point of position.- Like all other morbid condi- 

 tions, especially of the bony structures, there may be in some 

 cases a constitutional tendency to their production under favor- 

 ing local conditions. What more favoring conditions could 

 be imagined for the production of Ringbone, with or without 

 any congenital tendency, or "Ringbotie diathesis " as it is tech- 

 nically termed, than morbid contraction and its sequent 

 causes ? 



TREATMENT OF RINGBONE. 



When Ringbone is detected in its incipient stage its removal 

 is easy and certain, first by treating the foot as for simple con- 

 traction and by promoting absorption of the newly effused 

 bony matter around the bone. Acupuncturation of the en- 

 largement will effect this in conjunction with the use of either 

 the bi-chloride or the bin-iodide of mercury. See Preparations 

 in the Appendix of Formulae. 



Any enlargement of the tissues adjacent to the superior mar- 

 gin of the wall of the hoof will be accommodated by the ex- 



