AS TO SOUNDNESS. 19° 
LECTURE III. 
Examination outside’ the Stable—Place on Level Ground—Great 
Superiority of Automatic Movement — Nostrils — Mouth —’ 
Milk Teeth Extracted—Lampas—Parrot Mouth—Worn and 
Broken Incisors—Irregular Molars—Signs of Hard Mouth— 
Intermaxillary Space—Poll—‘“ Poll Evil”—Cribbing Strap— 
Parotid Gland—Jugular Vein—Obliteration, Partial and Com- 
plete—Evidence of Phlebotomy may indicate Serious Disease— 
Shoulder—Pined Shoulder—Collar Marks. 
GENTLEMEN,—With your permission I will preface the 
remarks I have to make on the second part of the 
examination by a few words on the three methods of 
performing it; also, on the advantage of going through 
the movements of the method we adopt, until by their 
repetition they are removed from the sphere of thought 
and become automatic. 
Most veterinarians begin by placing the horse on 
level ground; after that they adopt one of three 
methods: either they begin at the nose on the near 
side and go backavards, finishing at the near hind 
foot ; or they go entirely round the horse, passing 
along the off side from behind forwards. The third 
mode I shall not dignify by the name of method, as 
