342 HORSE CAUSE IN LOWER CANADA. 
“ Wherefore, from all these considerations, I came to the 
conclusion, seeing the extraordinary condition of the horse in 
the possession of the plaintiff, affected with exostosis of the 
worst description on the knee joints of the fore legs and hock 
joints of the hind legs, that on some occasion anterior to the 
time of sale, that horse had, from over-work, or some other 
cause, been attacked with inflammation of the lungs or pleura, 
(poumon ou plevrej probably of a very mild or sub-acute cha- 
racter; that metastasis had taken place to those joints, and 
knowing the extraordinary disposition of the bones of the horse 
to throw out bony deposits ( exostoses ) under inflammation, and 
particularly in those joints, l came to the conclusion that the 
horse was really and truly affected by * courbature,’ in the first 
instance, by the inflammation or obstruction of the natural ac- 
tion of the lungs or pleura, as the cause ; and in the second 
place, by the want of the free use of his legs, as the effect. 
“ I therefore proceed to answer the interrogations of this 
honourable Court, seriatim : — 
“ 1 The horse, when 1 examined him, had neither 4 batte- 
ment ni alteration dans les flancs ;’ but notwithstanding the 
absence of such signs, I am of opinion that the horse was 
affected with the disease known by the old writers and in the 
law as ‘ courbature * though the metastasis to the legs pre- 
vented the above mentioned signs from being visible at the 
time of examination. The definition, diagnostics, grounds, 
and authorities are cited in the preliminary part of this supple- 
mentary report. 
“2. In my edition of Blaine, I find no such passage as that 
quoted. In the recent English editions of Blaine much matter 
is omitted that was in his former ones, (vide introduction to the 
fourth edition); but 1 have always understood ‘ pousse’ to mean 
'broken-wind,’ to use the English term; it may, however, 
mean asthmus, or chronic pneumonia, which would be equi- 
valent to the term ‘ thick wind.’ Mons. Huzard’s description 
of ‘ la pousse’ completely answers to that of ‘ broken wind.’ 
“ 3. I believe the malady of the joints of the legs to have 
been a secondary affection, for the reasons stated in the pre- 
liminary portion of this my supplementary report. 
“ 4. This question is also answered in the preliminary part 
of the report; but I affirm that many diseases which appear to 
be local may often be traced to primary causes originating else- 
where. I used the term ‘ courbature ’ in this sense, ‘ cheval 
courbattu , cest a dire , qui na pas le mouvement des jambes 
bien libre,' the effect ; and * obstructions dans les intestins ou 
dans les poumons ,’ the cause; and should then have entered 
into the present detailed statement, had I thought it necessary. 
