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des unteren Abschnittes des Dnodennras die Lagerungsveränderungen 

 in den übrigen Darmabsclinitten zur Folge hatte, auch in den von 

 Eeid und Descomps beschriebenen Fällen die anormale Lagerung des 

 Duodenums, durch eine unbekannte Ursache hervorgerufen, die pri- 

 märe Störung ist, welche die Lagerungsanomalie der weiteren, kaudal 

 gelegenen Darmabschnitte zur Folge hatte. 

 St. Petersburg, Juni 1912. 



Nachdruck verboten. 



Injuries of the Nerye Supply to the Musculus brachlo-cephalieus 



in tngulates. 



By T. WmoATE Todd, M.B., F.R.C.S., 



Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Manchester. 

 With one Figure. 



In February 1912 I was asked by Messrs. Jennison of Belle Vue 

 Zoological Gardens to examine a young male giraffe which had some 

 affection of the left fore-leg. The animal looked generally healthy 

 and' its eye was bright. There was some disability of the left shoulder. 

 In other respects the limb was normal. As shown in the figure, 

 the left shoulder was lower in position than the right and in conse- 

 quence the left radio-carpal joint was partially flexed. The animal 

 had considerable difficulty in supporting any weight on its left fore- 

 hoof and it was unable to raise the left shoulder to the level of the 

 right. The condition had developed suddenly during the Sunday 

 night. On Monday morning the animal was found lying on the floor 

 of its stable, from which it could only rise with difficulty. 



The generally healthy appearance of the animal and the suddenness 

 of onset betokened injury as the cause rather than disease. Examina- 

 tion showed that a small portion of exuberant hoof had been recently 

 broken off from the inner side of the left fore-foot. 



The floor of the stable is cement, and is not sanded. The 

 inability to raise the left shoulder, coupled with the facts just stated, 

 led to the diagnosis of paralysis of the brachio-cephalic muscle through 

 the slipping of the animal as it was attempting to pick some food 

 from the stable floor. This slipping had resulted in forcible abduction 

 of the limb, with consequent stretching of the nerves of supply to 



