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Mr. IF. Percivall had seen many a one deceived here, ile 
would beg leave to advert to the name of the disease ; he thought 
it not a proper one, and open to animadversion. The word joint 
would be introduced with, advantage. Navicular lameness would 
mean lameness in the shape of a ship, which was absurd : navi¬ 
cular joint lameness would be intelligible and appropriate. 
Mr. Turner thought the introduction of the word joint 
would be an important improvement. The joint was the actual 
seat of disease. 
Mr. T. Turner had frequently observed, after copious blood¬ 
letting from the foot, a sudden and marked improvement. The 
horse immediately very freely flexed his limb, and threw his 
weight on the lame foot: it was almost as remarkable as the 
effect of neurotomy. This was particularly the case in.the early 
stage of the disease ; and, when he has seen this, he has augured 
favourably as to the result of the case, and could not bring him¬ 
self to believe that a little gentle walking on a soft surface, to 
force down the bone, could be so prejudicial as had been imagin¬ 
ed, especially when the foot had been softened with mucilage. 
Mr. J. Turner added, that this was an effect peculiar to pro¬ 
fuse bloodletting; he had never seen it where only a quart or two 
were taken. 
Mr. IF. Percivall imagined that no one could.deny the pro¬ 
priety of a very copious local bleeding, and .the advantage which 
would result from it: but there were other points of consider¬ 
able consequence to be discussed. What would Mr. Turner 
do, when called in to a chronic case of navicular joint lame¬ 
ness? • * 
Mr. ,7. Turner .—I would not deceive my employer with any 
hope of cure, but I could afford considerable relief. In the worst 
case, and that of longest continuance, even in an ulcerated state 
of the joint, I should repeat the bleeding. 
Mr. IF. Percivall .—Would not a smaller quantity (as two 
quarts), taken daily, have more effect than Mr. Turner’s profuse 
and less frequent bleedings ? 
Mr. ./, Turner thought that the abatement of inflammation 
depended chiefly on the lessening of the action of the heart by 
a copious abstraction of blood. He would push the bleeding to 
its full extent, and make the foot as soft as he could with emolli¬ 
ent poultices. If the horse is to be made up as soon as possible 
for temporary use or sale, he would not cut aw'ay that portion of 
the crust which it would take two or three months to replace, but 
w'ould remove the whole of the bar, and as much of the quarter 
as would, in live or six weeks, grow down again. He would put 
