712 SOUNDNESS. 



Lunacy Board v. Hugh Crawford (see " Veterinarian " for 1876, 

 p. 58) the same view was taken. Hence I think this ailment should 

 be classed as an absolute unsoundness ; although, from personal 

 experience, I would be inclined to disregard, in an aged horse, a 

 small bog-spavin that was soft ; free from any symptom of inflam- 

 mation ; did not increase in size, after exercise ; and did not appear 

 to injuriously affect, in any way, the animal's action, even when he 

 had cooled down after severe work. 



Bone-spavin (p. 251). 



Breakdown. — This term is applied by veterinary surgeons to 

 rupture of one or both branches of the suspensory ligament (p. 36), 

 an accident which causes more or less descent of the fetlock-joint. 

 It is, however, popularly used tO denote any violent sprain of the 

 suspensory ligament or back tendons. 



Brohen-wind (p. 375). 



Bursatee (p. 145). 



Canker (p. 169). 



Gapped elbow (p. 332). — I would, in all cases, consider this an 

 unsoundness ; for laowever trivial it might be in itself, the enlarge- 

 ment would always be liable to become aggravated by the pressure 

 of the heel, when the horse is lying down, and its presence would 

 suggest special liability on the part of the animal to contract this 

 injury. 



Gapped hock, synovial (p. 330). — Tliis somewhat- unusual form 

 of capped hock is due to enlargement of the synovial bursa which 

 lies between the point of the hock and the tendon that is attached 

 to it. It is an unsoundness, causing lameness, and sometimes the 

 formation of abscesses from caries of the summit of the os calcis. 



Gapped knee (p. 328). — Any swelling about this important joint 

 could hardly fail to injuriously affect the animal's usefulness. 



Cataract (Higgs v. Thrale, cited by Oliphant in '' Law of 

 Horses"). — The slightest opacity in either the lens or capsule is an 

 unsoundness, as it is liable to interfere with the sight, and is always 

 liable to spread. See p. 341. 



Gord, scirrhous (p. 122). 



Gornea, undue convexity of, so as to cause shying (p. 707). 



Gorns (p. 219). 



Gough (p. 368). 



Gurh (p. 52). 



Docking, wound hy. — A horse recently docked should not be 

 passed sound, until the wound has healed ; for serious consequences 

 (tetanus, for instance) may attend this operation. 



Dropped hip (p. 306). 



Elephantiasis (p. 495). 



Bye, disease's of the (p. 337). 



