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of October, and at the end of that month he was turned out 
for the winter.’ * 
3. ‘On July 8 an interesting case of laminitis came 
under my notice. The subject was a mare, eight years old, 
which had been running on the common here for some 
months, and was taken up on the night of July 2 by a boy, 
who did not observe anything amiss with her. The follow- 
ing morning, on the owner going to the stable, he found the 
animal in great pain, and at once sent for me. I discovered 
her to be suffering from laminitis, and saw her again 
in the evening, when she was much worse. The attack 
proved to be a most severe one. 
‘The owner informed me that she had not been allowed , 
any corn for two months, and that she had no distance 
to travel on the road from the common. 
‘Though on such a poor pasture, the mare was very fat; 
she had never been unwell before this attack. 
‘This is the first case I have seen of laminitis occurring 
when the animal was on grass.’ t 
B. CHRONIC. 
1. CHronic Laminrris. 
Definition.—A low and persisting type of inflammation 
of the sensitive structures of the foot, characterized by 
changes in the form of the hoof, and incurable pathological 
alterations within it. 
Causes.—Chrenic laminitis more often than not is a 
sequel to the acute form we have just described. With an 
attack of acute laminitis that defies treatment, and does not 
end in resolution in from ten days to a fortnight, then the 
chronic form may be expected. 
The brittle horn, convex sole, and other changes we have 
described under Pumiced Foot may, however, be regarded 
as a chronic laminitis, and this condition, as we have 
* Veterinary Record, vol. xiv., p. 649 (Charles A. Powell). 
+t Veterinary Jowrnal, vol. ix., p. 176 (W. Stanley Carless). 
