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three of these are sound, and he is thereby not only able 

 to stand, but also to perform progressive motion ; but 

 every time the lame limb is put to the ground and 

 borne upon, his sufferings are equal to, if not worse 

 than, what man himself would feel. 



It is the interest of every man to have his lame 

 horse rendered sound as speedily as possible ; and 

 this, in most cases, cannot be effected without allowing 

 the animal a cessation from labour ; and it is monstrous 

 cruelty to subject a horse to labour whilst under the 

 influence of a painful malady. The finger of con- 

 tempt should be pointed at all such unfeeling 

 wretches. 



In this portion of the work we shall treat of the 

 diseases alone, and the anatomy of the various parts 

 will be afterwards given, with complete references to 

 the plates illustrative of those parts. 



SPRAIN OF THE SHOULDER. 



Many ignorant pretenders, who denominate them- 

 selves Farriers, frequently speak of what they call the 

 '' skotilder-lameness,'' without being able to state 

 wherein this lameness consists. In innumerable 

 instances they are wrong when they say or imagine 

 that the lameness proceeds from the shoulder at all. 

 We are decidedly of opinion that lameness of the 

 shoulder is much less frequent than is supposed. 



Symptoms. — To those who have attended to the 

 anatomy of the shoulder of the horse, shoulder-lame- 

 ness can be recognised with considerable celerity, as 

 well as certainty. The horse generally suffers great 

 pain in moving forward while under the influence of 

 this complaint, which is indicated by dragging his 

 toe along the ground instead of lifting the foot smartly 

 up, which is the natural action in progressive motion ; 



