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LECTURE IV. 
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Shoulder— Shoulder Slip Causes—Slight Cases “‘ doctored 
up” — Case — Caused by Sprain —Curability — Point of 
Shoulder—Space between Shoulder Point and Elbow— 
Knee—Broken Knees— Five Degrees—First Degree— 
Second Degree—Third Degree—Fourth and Fifth Degrees 
—Severe Blow on Knees. : ‘ 28 
LECTURE V. 
Knees (continued)—Broken Knees—Term Misleading—Law 
on Subject—Case in Point—Another Case—To decide on 
Intermediate Cases of Broken Knees—Enlargements about 
the Knee— Ganglions— Nature of Ganglions— Cannon 
Bone, Subcutaneous—Front Part seldom affected—Pastern 
Joint. : : : j . . . a . 36 
LECTURE VI. 
The Fore Foot—Only a Part of a Whole—Its Relation to the 
Fore Leg—When the Horse is Awake—When Asleep— 
Not so much Weight on it when Awake as when the 
Horse Sleeps Standing—The Fore Legs have efficient 
Mainstays, except at the Navicular Joint—The Naviculaf* 
Joint very Defective—The Relation between the Phalanges 
and the Column of Bones above—Importance of the Line 
of the Coronary Band being always Noted—Its Tendency 
to become Horizontal—Long Pasterns, Low Heels, and 
Long Toes—A Good Foot and Pastern—A Boxy Foot— 
Shoeing Blamed for every Ailment of the Foot—Shoe 
Inventions—The Charlier Shoe : 4 4 41 
LECTURE VII. 
The Fore Foot (continued)—Horse Examination very Difficult : 
Why. Cases as Examples—A Classification : I. Anoma- 
lies of Size; II. Anomalies of Shape ; III. Anomalies of 
Position; IV. Injuries; V. Diseases—Feet compared with 
each other, and with the Horse’s Bulk—Too Large Feet— 
Feet too Small—Signs of previous Fever in the Feet— 
Test for a previous Inflammation in the Feet —Frogs 
Atrophied—Frogs tog Large . ‘ F ‘ : - 50 
LECTURE VIIL 
Showing how Heels become High and Contracted . . . 58 
