100 EXAMINATION OF HORSES 
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LECTURE XIII.’ 
-Mallanders—The Back Tendon—Signs of Injury to the Back ; 
Tendon—Suspensary Ligament—Its ‘Signs’ of Enjory—The 
Sesamoid Boe Spe aie Foot Lifted. ' 
GENTLEMEN,— Having satisfied yourselves that there is 
no tendency to filled legs, which condition you must 
remember passes away with exercise, and of itself shows 
the folly of examining a horse while warm, you now ‘pro- ; 
ceed down the limb and examine each part separately, : 
We are now supposed to have found no enlarged bursa, . 
so that the skin at the back of the knee clai 
tion. Here we look for what we seldot 
our atten- 
; “namely, | 
“‘mallanders,” a skin disease occurring only fréim shameful ° 
neglect. It is-a very trifling ailment, but is an unsound- 
ness while it lasts. If neglected, the skin cracks and a: 
most intractable sore results, necessitating absence ot - 
motion (rest) for a longer or shorter period.) Withhold 
your certificate until the malady, a most trivial one under _ 
proper treatment, disappears. 
If the limbs are clean and cool, your left thumb and . 
fore-finger grasps the back tendon and slides down it 
from the knee to the fetlock. It ought-to beg auite free 
