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Observation X. 



A horfe was lame for two months without 

 their knowing his cafe ; I pronounced the lame- 

 nefs to be in his foot, and fhewed them a fmall 

 fwelling at the coronet, they attended him, 

 but the fwelling increafed, for two years, by 

 neglecting to draw the fole in the beginning. 

 I differed this foot, and found the nut, coro- 

 nary, and coffin-bones ofiified together ; which 

 was caufed by the difcharge of the ofîèous 

 juice upon them -, they were fo coalefced to- 

 gether, that it was difficult to diftinguim the 

 places of the articulation of thefe three bones. 



Observation XI. 



An anchylofis after an inflammation. An 

 effort or ftrain which might not be violent 

 enough to fracture the coronary nor nut-bones, 

 nor even rupture the flexor tendon, might go fo 

 far as to produce an inflammation of the flefhy 

 fole ; if the inflammation is communicated to 

 the ligaments, tendons, and capfulae of the 

 joints. I pronounced it always incurable by 

 the formation of an anchylofis in the part if 

 not inftantly taken in hand. I have feen two 

 kinds of this difeafe in feet difTecled by my- 

 felf, an account of the pieces of which, as well 

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