36 EXAMINATION OF HORSES 
LECTURE V. 
Knees (continued)—Broken Knees—Term Misleading—Law on 
Subject—Case in Point—Another Case—To decide on Inter] 
mediate Cases of Broken Knees—Enlargements about the Kne¢ 
—Ganglions—Nature of Ganglions—Cannon Bone, Subcutal 
neous—Front Part seldom affected—Pastern Joint. 
GENTLEMEN,—At our last meeting, in speaking of i 
juries to the knee I laid much stress on the two co 
ditions, mechanical impediment and weakness. With 
regard to the former you have physical signs, but this i 
not always the case with the latter. We have no more 
unsatisfactory term in the whole of our nosology than 
the term “‘ broken knees.’’ Every degree of injury, from 
the mere chipping off of a few hairs to the injury that 
breaks open the joint, breaks the bones, and drains the 
joint of its oil (synovia), is alike termed “ broken knee.’, 
‘This vagueness, bad as it is in itself, becomes a fruitful 
‘source of injustice in the law courts. The law holds 
that broken knees are unsoundness according to the ex 
tent of the injury. What are veterinarians to do, with 
the law on the subject in its present state? With the 
law as at present, all we can de is to make the best of it 
Here.is a case in point. About a year ago a very te 
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