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Sick Lines. 
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X Diseases and Treatment . j Camp . . 1821 ). 
Case 1. 
Troop F. 
No. 54. 
Colour Ray. 
Admitted 
Dec. 1st, 1828. 
Discharged 
Mar. 10th, 1829. 
Jan. 12 Examined this ease to-day, on joining the regiment. The Farrier 
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Major reported the horse to have been “sent in lame in the off- 
shoulder; supposed from a fall, or some accident at his picquols.” 
Cannot discover any sufficiently unambiguous symptoms to indicate 
flic shoulder ns the scat of lameness : its obscurity leads me fo be sus¬ 
picious of the foot, though neither are there any conclusive symp¬ 
toms discoverable there. The hoof is overgrown and neglected, and 
somew hat hot. “ Take the shoe off; pare the hoof rather thin, and 
rasp the quarters ; pvt grass under the fore feet , and keep it moist. Dr an 
mashes preparatory for physic -13th. “ Physic: aides Bar had. 5vj; 
sapo. dur. 3iss, gingih. puiv. 3j, q. s theriacw f. hold -Not*acting- 
on the 14th-Nor on 15th. “ Allow If seer gram and 4 seers bran 
per diem.” -18th. “ Physic as before , with an additional 3 of aides.” 
Does not operate 19th; 20th. “ Blister coronet , of fore foot. Rc- 
23 duced his allowance of grass one half.” -23d. “ Prepare him for phy- 
24 sic: muzzle on from evening stables till 6 next morning.” -24th. 
25 “ Physic as before, with 3 more aides [rt/oev 3viij].”—-Operating-20th. 
Rowels set. No improvement visible in his action. “ Put his shoes 
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on." -291 h. The horse is very lame, and yet docs not wince under 
any examination of the shoulder; nevertheless, l am induced to re¬ 
cur to the Farrier Major’s report of the case in the first instance. 
“ Shave a considerable space around the point of the shoulder, and blis¬ 
ter." -2d. “ Physic as before.” -3d. Operating.-4th. Set.- 
•Saw him out on the 13th: he 
5th. “ Blister the shoulder again.”- 
goes better, I think.-17th. “ Allow 2f seers gram and 3 seers bran 
per diem. Lft him he walked in hand for a quarter of an hour morninq 
and evening.” -22d. He continues to improve in his action. “ Keep 
him out half an hour each time , walking and trotting gently, alternately, 
for a few minutes.” -24<h. Lamer again. “ A dose of jtlu/sic as be- 
26 fore. Rest for a day or two.” -QCth. Operating-27th. Set.- 
Mar. 2 28th. Goes much better. “ Return to walking exercise.” -2d. Goes 
very well. “ Walk and trot him alternately in Ins exercised -5th. 
Goes sound. “ Let a trooper ride him for an hour morning and even¬ 
ing, and allow him 5 seers gram and 2 bran per diem.”- -10th. 
but not to go out for 4 schools' or 
Sound. “ Discharge him for duty ; 
‘ field-days' for a fortnight.” 
1 was not a little at a loss to assign the seat of lameness in this case; and 
only from the history of it by the Farrier Major w as directed to the shoulder. 
I he supposition ot its being caused by a fall could not be relied on. J am 
inclined to think the attention w hich'was all along paid to the feet was 
instrumental to the cure; for I think both shoulder and foot w r ere impli¬ 
cated ; and as in running, or making any exertion, anyone may be thrown 
dow n, or strain himself, from a shoe, or otherw ise cramping or torturing his 
foot, so I think it probable the state of this horse’s feet conduced to the 
accident ol the shoulder, and augmented the degree of lameness, and like¬ 
wise complicated it. 
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