. The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies : including horses, cattle, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, dogs, etc. .... he two bones (coffinbone and navicular bone), can readily be separated byboiling. Besides these, there are in the hoof, the fattyfrog, or the plantar cushion which is above the frog,tendons, nerves, blood-vessels, cartilage, and glands forthe secretion of the horny substance which forms the wallsand frog* Into these it is needless to enter, for although theirthorough understanding is essential in order to appreciatethe remarkable mechanism of the horses motion,
. The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies : including horses, cattle, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, dogs, etc. .... he two bones (coffinbone and navicular bone), can readily be separated byboiling. Besides these, there are in the hoof, the fattyfrog, or the plantar cushion which is above the frog,tendons, nerves, blood-vessels, cartilage, and glands forthe secretion of the horny substance which forms the wallsand frog* Into these it is needless to enter, for although theirthorough understanding is essential in order to appreciatethe remarkable mechanism of the horses motion, tneirconsideration can be dispensed with in a work designedfor practical purposes only. LAMENESS IN THE HOBSE. It is often no easy matter to detect lameness in the horse;and when detected, it is often still more difficult to explainits cause and suggest a cure. We shall go into this subjectat some length, because it is of such prime importance toevery stock owner, and is so generally misunderstood; andwe shall begin with some directions s 0 o 3J H m ^ D 0 ^ ?D w m 30 o w X » m 0 H X a O M 2 50 7) (/) H C/3 1-1 > > H zm. Lameness, 193 HOW TO DETECT LAMENESS. The horse is to be examined: first, at rest; second, inmotion. A lame horse standing at rest will generally favor theunsound limb by lifting it frequently, or by pointing it,that is, by extending it in advance of its fellow. If bothfeet are lame he will have a habit of lifting first one,then the other. In elbow lameness, the fore arm is ex-tended, the knee bent, and the foot on a level with, orbehind, its fellow. In severe shoulder lameness, the point-ing is backward, the knee bent, and the foot behind itsfellow, sometimes the toe only touching the ground. Whenthe lameness is in a hind limb, the horse stands with itknuckling over at the fetlock, or with the foot altogetheroff the ground. If the lame leg is in advance of thesound one, this indicates that the disease is in, or below,the hock. When both the fore feet are
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