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Observation IX. 



A horic was lame for four months -, he was 

 dreffed at firft above the leg, and afterwards in 

 the foot, but his fole was not drawn -, I judged 

 him incurable, as I fufpected an anchylofis, 

 and he was put to death. I differed the foot, 

 and found the foot or cofïïn-bone fractured in 

 two, in which fracture the anchylofis began to 

 be formed, as well as the offification between 

 the coronary, nut and coffin-bones. The frac- 

 ture croffed diametrically one of the cavi- 

 ties of the articulation, and ended towards 

 the middle of the toe or point of the foot- 

 bone. So that this bone appeared to be di- 

 vided obliquely into two unequal parts ; It is 

 not unlikely that the, horfe had trod upon a 

 ftone which raifed one fide of his foot more 

 than the other, and which, joined to the weight 

 of his body, caufed this oblique fracture ; al- 

 though the foot was in, a perpendicular direc- 

 tion: this is the fécond fracture of this fort I have 

 met with; and it is curable if fpeedily taken in 

 hand. I have already feveral feet, which are 

 omfied like this. 



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