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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
considered the cause of what he observed was an affection 
of the nerves, proceeding from the spine, which had been of 
some duration. That was proved to him by the wasting of 
the muscles, but it was not possible for him to say of how 
long duration ; but the wasting of the muscles would be a 
work of time. The horse had rather a lassitude in his gait, 
and he cut his legs, and very likely this had reference to the 
disease. The horse displayed the disease more particularly 
in turning round, and in turning over in his stable. The 
disease was, from its nature, perceptible in different degrees 
at different times. The cracking of a whip might make the 
disease more or less evident. It was possible for the horse 
to be ridden for a time without the disease showing itself. 
The disease he had spoken of interfered with the working 
condition of the horse, and, in his opinion, rendered him un¬ 
sound. The horse had not the “ string-halt.” By Mr. 
Macaulay: A disease of this kind frequently came on after 
influenza or other illness. A wrench or a strain might pro¬ 
duce the disease. He saw no reason why the disease he 
had seen in the horse should not have taken its origin so late 
as the 20th of April. The horse was not lame, nor was a 
horse having string-halt. The string-halt was a movement 
rather proceeding from a spasmodic action. He considered 
string-halt unsoundness, and that it would interfere with the 
speed of a horse. 
Mr. William Burley, of Leicester, veterinary surgeon, had 
been in practice about thirty years, and had examined the 
horse. He found, on moving him sideways, that he failed or 
dropped on the near side. He had him out of the stable, and 
found he was evidently labouring under a paralysis of the 
muscles of the near side, which resulted from some injury of 
the nervous system connected with the loins. He considered 
the disease had been of some weeks 5 or some months 5 stand¬ 
ing. On placing the hind legs both level, he found the 
muscles of the left side diminished. The horse was not 
sound. He had had many cases of impairment of the action 
of the hind quarters, from pressure on the spinal column, one 
of which resulted in lockjaw, and proceeded from a tumour 
between the kidneys. In the present case, he had no doubt 
the imperfections in the horse arose from an affection in the 
“lumbar 55 region. Such diseases might escape observation 
for some time. By Mr. Macaulay : Mr. Wilmot w as present 
when he examined the horse. Never knew Mr. Wilmot be¬ 
fore. The tenderness on the back proceeded from inflamma¬ 
tion of the muscles. 
George Smith, an auctioneer from Lincoln, sold the horse 
