J O INFLAMMATION IN THE FEET OF HORSES. 
In public veterinary institutions and infirmaries this might pro¬ 
bably be prevented by slinging our patient, or, at all events, af- 
ioidmg him an opportunity of resting his weight rather upon a 
bioad belly-girth than constantly imposing the burden upon his 
inflamed feet.. When a suitable apparatus is at hand, no great 
difficulties lie in the way of such management; but to a private 
practitioner such an object is perhaps seldom attainable. 
Oj the Sequela of Inflammation in the Feet . 
To say nothing of those cases which appear to end in resolution, 
the most common consequence of the disorder is, effusion between 
the horny case and its secreting surfaces; which effusion, though 
at fiist of a gelatinous nature, in time becomes converted into 
horny matter, and gives rise to the prodigious increase and defor¬ 
mity of crust which is perceptible in some of the preparations I 
have laid on the table. The morbid flat or concave sole is the 
consequence of this separation of horny and sensitive laminae. 
The most dreaded termination is suppuration of the foot: the horny 
case becomes filled with pus, and is cast off, leaving the foot with¬ 
out any covering. In this plight it becomes an indispensable act 
of humanity, to put an end to life itself. 
Ulceration of the cartilages and bones, exostosis, ossification of 
the laminae, sole, tendons, and ligaments, are all occasional pro¬ 
ducts of this disease in its protracted and chronic form, as the pre¬ 
parations I have brought with me will testify. 
The hoof itself also undergoes, with the soft parts, various al¬ 
terations ; but no one more common or remarkable than the for¬ 
mation of prominent semicircles of hom around the exterior of the 
wall. These specimens of the disease manifest but too plainly how 
vain and hopeless must prove any remedial efforts after such ter¬ 
minations ; at the same time, they forcibly impress us with the 
necessity of early and efficient measures. 
P. S. Mr. Percivall has an improved apparatus at the Royal 
Horse Infirmary, Woolwich, for suspending horses, which he 
will feel pleasure in showing to any member of the Society. 
EXCLUSION OF VETERINARY SURGEONS AS SUB¬ 
SCRIBERS TO THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
To the Fditor of The Veterinarian. 
The King’s Mews, Pimlico, December 18th, 1828. 
Sir, 
IN addition to the accompanying correspondence for “The 
Veterinarian,” I send you a College receipt, that I obtained 
