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the foot, partly by conciliatory measures, as well as 

 by some coercive means united, such as will induce 

 the animal to stand a2:ain on his heels and back 

 sinews, instead of his toes and extensor tendons, I 

 cannot with consistency pierce a deep hole through 

 the horny and sensible frog, the very organ which I 

 am most anxious for the animal voluntarily to re- 

 cline his weight upon, during the progress of cure. 



GENERAL REMARKS, 



WITH FURTHER OBSERVATIONS OX SYMPTOMS. 



V 



In the advanced stage of navicular disease, or 

 grogginess in the fore feet, attended with consider- 

 able lameness, the symptoms are usually so strongly on symptoms. 

 marked that it would be almost impossible for two 

 able veterinarians to disao-ree in determinins: on the 

 seat of disease ; and therefore 1 cannot bring my 

 mind to admit the expediency of a long detail upon 

 a subject which is familiar to all horsemen of every 

 grade, provided they have been accustomed to the 

 several varieties of horses. 



The symptoms of the precursor, or disease ante- 

 cedent to navicular lameness, I have attempted to 

 point out, although, I fear, with tedious precision. 



But with regard to the diagnosis of incipient na- 

 vicular disease, on further reflection, I most fully 

 concur with our Veterinary Society in its import- 



