ON THE 



NAVICULAR DISEASE. 



FIRST PAPER; 

 Veterinarian, Vol. II, p. 53. 



THE NAVICULAR DISEASE, OR CHRONIC LAMENESS IN 

 THE FORE FEET OF HORSES. 



[Read at the Veterinary Medical Society, Dec. 24, 1828.] 



Gentlemen, 



I BEG leave to remark, that the paper which I am 

 about to read, prior to that which is the subject of 

 this evening's discussion, is the copy of a manu- 

 script which I had the honour of addressing to Pro- Manuscript 



. . 1 A • T-» transmitted to 



fessor Coleman, and. likewise to the Assistant Pro- the Veterinary 



' , College in 1816. 



fessor Sewell, of the Royal Veterinary College, as 

 far back as the year 1816, on the subject of Groggy 

 Lameness in Horses, with the view of inviting their 

 attention to a very frequent cause of foot lameness, 

 w^hich had never been adverted to by Professor 

 Coleman in his lectures. 



I w^ish it, however, to be understood, that the 

 original paper contains only a brief sketch of the 

 impression which the first sight of the disease had 



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