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ROSCOE R. BELL. 
upon the veterinarian’s services, in the cities, at least, are for 
the treatment of lameness. Indeed, some veterinarians, while 
prescribing’ for all classes of cases, proclaim that they are speci¬ 
alists on lameness, which is to say that they have given the 
subject particular study, and consequently consider themselves 
adepts in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the appa¬ 
ratus of locomotion. All city veterinarians, to be abreast of 
their profession, must make of lameness a special study, and he 
whose tastes and talents lie in that practical direction will find 
himself well repaid for all the time and energy he may bestow 
upon it. I have no apology to make to this society, then, in 
bringing before it a subject belonging to this class which has 
enlisted my very earnest consideration for some seven years, and 
which I have postponed writing upon until I could verify by 
larger experience a conclusion arrived at in 1892, viz.: That a 
very prolific cause of lameness in the anterior extremities is 
strain of the coraco-radialis muscle, especially at the fulcrum 
formed by the superior extremity of the humerus, where that 
muscle so nicely applies itself to the biciptal groove. I first 
reached this conclusion by finding patient after patient suffering 
from an identical lameness, with a history in almost every 
instance as follows: The horse suddenly or gradually became 
lame while driving, appeared to get better after going a short 
distance, and possibly grew worse again. The next day he was 
taken to the blacksmith’s, and his foot examined, but nothing 
was found. Rested in the stable for a day or two he appeared 
as well as ever, and when driven the owner was sure the trouble 
was all over with, but while congratulating himself upon his 
lucky escape, he observes that the horse is again going lame in 
the same leg, and begins to suspect that it is due to interfering, 
which, however, he is unable to find evidence of. The horse is 
again stabled, and probably this time the shoes are removed and 
his feet soaked in cold water or poulticed, and when the lame¬ 
ness has again entirely or partly disappeared he is reshod with 
great care and perhaps bar-shoes applied,-with the subsequent 
history that he is lame almost as soon as trotting has begun, 
