Lectures on the examination of horses as to soundness (delivered at the Edinburgh Veterinary College) : with an appendix on the law of horses and warranty / by William Fearnley.

Date:
1878
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Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    SOUNDNESS IN HORSES. LECTURE I. Introduction—Horse Examination might well form a Specialty- General View-The Horse remains a Lrving Testimony to your Opinions—Importance of Method-Professor Dick's Method-Watch the Horse in his Stall-Cribbing, Weaving, Windsucking-Weaving-Attitude in Standing-Spavin and Stringhalt — Latent Spavin — Examination of Eyes — Ophthalmia—Iritis—Tension compared. Gentlemen, It is customary, on delivering the first lecture of a course, to refer the students attending the class to the best text-books on the subject • but unfortunately for me and for you, there are no works at all on the matter which is to occupy our attention now; so that you will have to rely entirely on what you hear and see, and take notes as best you may. There is possibly no subject in connection with horses of more importance than their examination as to sound- ness and fitness; and I venture to assert that if the same spirit for specialism existed in our profession as
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