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when he turned him over. There was a peculiar jerking 
upwards, and more particularly of the near hind limb. 
There was also a crossing of the hind legs when he moved, 
and his quarter would sometimes longe over twelve or 
eighteen inches to the opposite side. In trotting straight- 
forwards, he did not give evidence of anything being wrong. 
In turning short while trotting, he would sometimes stagger 
back to one side or the other, this evidently arising from 
want of proper nervous connection between the hind quarter 
and the brain. There was also a slight wasting of the 
muscle of the near hind limb, but this was not very clearly 
marked, and on that account he took no notice of it. He 
saw him again two days ago, and he found the wasting of 
the muscle of the thigh very marked. When he passed his 
hand across the course of the spine the nearer he approached 
the loins the greater was the tenderness of the horse to the 
pressure of the hand. The disease w r as in slow and gradual 
progress. On the whole, from both his examinations, he 
concluded the horse was unsound in April last. The pre¬ 
sent condition of the horse quite confirmed the opinion he 
formed in April. In his judgment, at the April fair the 
horse, if it had not been unsound, would have been worth 
not less than <£40. By Mr. Macaulay: Knew from Mr. 
Wilmot that he had given £38 for it. When a horse had a 
paralysed nerve, he considered it sufficient to describe it as a 
“lumbar” affection. If the affection was situated higher up 
the back, he should describe it as a “dorsal” affection. A 
disease of the head he should describe as an affection of the 
head. A “lumbar” affection was an affection within the 
loins. Paralysis of the nerve might be attended with either 
decreased or increased tenderness. Inflammatory action on 
the nerve would cause the increased tenderness. By Sergeant 
Miller: Knew an affection called the stringhalt, which was 
usually an affection of the nerves of the thigh. Would never 
give a certificate of the soundness of a horse with the “ string- 
halt.” He was quite satisfied the horse in question had not 
the “ string-halt.” Had frequently in his practice had cases 
of “lumbar” affection. 
Alexander Henderson, a veterinary surgeon in London, 
had been in practice forty years. Had examined a brown 
horse shown him by Mr. Wilmot. He examined him 
in London on Tuesday morning, and he found he dragged 
his near hind leg, and that there was a spasmodic contraction 
of the muscles. He passed his hand down the back from 
the shoulder to the croup, and found him very tender. He 
examined the thigh, and found a wasting of the muscle. He 
