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Title: Lameness of the Horse
Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

Author: John Victor Lacroix

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Language: English

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Transcriber's Note:

The original text was inconsistent in the use of accents and
hyphenation. These variants and a small number of typographical
errors were maintained in this transcription. A complete list
of the variant spellings is found at the end of the book along
with the list of typographical errors.

The Table of Contents lists the Authorities Cited section as
preceding the Index, but it was printed following the Index.
This order has been retained in this transcription.

Veterinary Practitioners' Series

No. 1

LAMENESS OF THE HORSE

by

J. V. Lacroix, D.V.S.

Professor of Surgery, The Kansas City Veterinary College
Author of "Animal Castration"

Illustrated

Chicago
American Journal Of Veterinary Medicine

1916

PREFACE

All that can be known on the subject of lameness, is founded on a
knowledge of anatomy and of the physiology of locomotion. Without such
knowledge, no one can master the principles of the diagnosis of
lameness. However, it must be assumed that the readers are informed on
these subjects, as it is impossible to include this fundamental
instruction in a work so brief as this one.

The technic of certain operative or corrective procedures, has been
described at length only where such methods are not generally employed.
Where there is no departure