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LECTURE Ix. 
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Evils of Calkins—Evils of Paring and so Weakening the Sole 
—Flat Soles—Degrees of Flatness—Positive Flatness and 
Seedy Toe—Low Heels—Calkined Heels—Knuckling 
Fore Legs—A Horse with Low Heels: may be Quite 
Sound—Long Toes and Sprain on Back Tendons— 
Pasterns Short and Upright—Toes Out-turned—Brushing 
—In-turned Toes, Digging and pease man Unnerved 
Foot 5 65 
LECTURE X. 
The Unnerved or “‘ Nerved” Fore Foot-—Discovers itself in 
the Gait—The Tissues of the ‘‘ Nerved” foot degenerate 
—Brittle Hoof—Pricks in Shoeing—Gathered Nails— 
Bruised Sole—Bruised Coronet—Speedy Cut—Diseases 
Obvious—Grease—Ringbone—Sidebones—Coms . 0292 
LECTURE XI. 
Navicular Disease . x ‘ : : é a F . 81 
LECTURE XII. 
Sandcrack—Thrush—Thrush as a Constitutional Disease com- 
pared to Fistula in Ano—Thrush always a Bad Form of 
Unsoundness — Elbow: Tumour on Elbow— The Back 
Tendons examined—‘‘ Wind- aaa Se 
Legs . . ” ‘ 7 go 
LECTURE XIII. 
Mallanders—The Back Tendon—Signs of Injury to the Back 
Tendon—Suspensary Ligament—Its Signs of Pang 
Sesamoid Bones—Splints—The Foot Lifted . 100 
LECTURE XIV. 
Fractured Ribs—Hernie—Down in the Hip or Fractured 
lium—The Stifle Joint—The Tibia—Fracture of Tibia— 
The Hocks—Curbs in Human ees match of the 
Hocks—Coarse Hocks—Spavin. . 106 
