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SECOND PAPER; 

 Veterinarian, Vol. Ill, p. 24. 



THE SYMPTOMS AND CURE OF NAVICULAR DISEASE 

 IN THE FEET OF HORSES. 



[Read at the Veterinary Medical Society, December 4, 1829.] 



Gentlemen, 



In the month of December of last year, I had the 

 honour of reading to this Society a paper explana- 

 tory of my views regarding the nature of the navi- 

 cular disease, or chronic lameness in the fore feet 

 of horses, together with the causes of that destruc- 

 tive malady. 



The method of treatment and cure is the object 

 of the present paper for this evening's discussion. 



This very prevalent complaint, commonly called The term, navi- 



III . nilar joint 



ffrosfffv lameness, has been shewn to exist aene- lainmess, ,e- 



11 • .U -1 • • . J I .U- 1 T .'osvi-edbythe 



rally m the navicular joint ; and 1 think 1 may pioitssion. 

 safely assert, that the term navicular lameness has 

 now become as current among veterinary practi- 

 tioners as cotiin lameness used to be among the 

 ancients. 



Although dissection generally affords satisfac- 

 tory evidence of the seat of disease, yet it does not 

 as uniformly serve us in tracing its causes, the in- 

 vestigation of which is generally involved in more 



