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Mr. Goodwin .—In the diseases of all joints we witness nearly 
the same phenomena. In all, the disease commences in the sy¬ 
novial membrane, and will run on to caries. Did Mr. Mavor 
e ver see a case in which the inflammation was confined to the 
ligaments ; or had he seen the ligaments becoming osseous in 
consequence of inflammation? 
Mr. Langworthy said, that the parts which were most sensible 
and vascular were most subject to inflammation. The synovial 
membrane was far more vascular and sensible than the ligaments 
of the joint. Mr. Goodwin had thrown much light on this sub¬ 
ject; he could wish, however, that he had gone farther, and 
given us a more detailed account of the symptoms of the cunei¬ 
form bone lameness, and developed some successful mode of 
treatment. 
Mr. Goodwin was proceeding to state that the lameness from 
external bony deposit generally subsided, or went off after the 
formation of the spavin; and that when the horse had been out a 
considerable time, it lessened or disappeared: but the lameness 
caused by this affection of the synovial membrane of the cu¬ 
neiform bones increased with exercise, and the duration of the 
disease, when the usual time of the meeting having elapsed, the 
debate was adjourned, Mr. Woodin, remarking, when there was 
no external appearance of disease, the peculiar wearing of the toe 
might lead us to suspect the hock. 
BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 
Alcock’s .Lectures on Practical and Medical Surgery. Burgess and 
Hill, 1830. 
Sur les Propri6t6s Nuisibles que lesFourrages peuveut acquirirpour dif- 
ferens animaux domestiques par des productions cryptogamiques, par A. 
Numan et L. Marchand. Groningue , 1830. 
We have a list of Errata too numerous, and which shall be given, and 
we trust not much increased, at the close of the volume. 
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