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DISEASES OF THE HORSE'S FOOT 



from ruptured aorta, when eight years old. My attention 

 was called to him as a yearling by his owner, who told me 

 that he sometimes fancied the colt was lame. I went over 

 to see him, and found that he was unmistakably lame on 

 the off fore-leg. Careful examination showed no heat or 

 enlargement anywhere. 1 advised rest and the colt became 

 pretty sound, though not quite so — in fact, he never did 



Fig. 150. — Effects of Periostitis on the Pedal and Navicul.\r 

 Bones. 



become quite sound, and sometimes he was verj' lame 

 indeed. 



' Every imaginable sort of treatment was tried short of 

 neurectomy, without avail. The curious part of the case 

 was that there never was much heat or any apparent 

 change of structure, nor was " pointing "' a verj^ noticeable 

 feature. The foot always remained a good-looking one. 

 As the horse won a good number of races he was of some 

 value, and was seen by a good many members of the pro- 



