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the joint with your right hand, then the pasterns, and 
screw your hand round the parts to feel if there be any 
ringbone. Do the same to the top of the coronet ; then 
lift the foot forward, resting it above, and in front of, the 
opposite knee, when you will have a good view of its 
inner wall; and now lift the fringe of hair from the 
coronet, and look for sandcrack. Being satisfied, drop 
the foot, and examine the back of the leg, beginning at 
the elbow. 
The elbow joint is frequently the seat of fibrous 
tumour, from injury with the heel of the shoe in lying 
down, or the subcutaneous bursa may be enlarged. If 
the tumour becomes large it is very unsightly; so that 
with a small tumour, with or without scar, you ought to 
caution the purchaser. It is no unsoundness, so far as 
I know, however large the tumour, as it does not inter- 
fere with his usefulness, but is an eyesore, and an 
attendant has to buckle on a pad to cover the heel of 
the shoe at night to prevent crushing of the elbow. I 
have known such tumours give rise to much incon- 
venience and anxiety, and after removal to recur. 
From the elbow to the heel we have flexor muscles, 
ending in long tendons, which have to glide easily, and 
without friction, through well lubricated sheaths ; and, as 
both the tendons and the sheaths through which they 
glide are liable to overstretching and other accidents set- 
ting up inflammation, we have to look for some of the 
(1) Effects of inflammation ; 
(2) Natural attempts at repair. 
