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verance ; from every predominant symptom 

 (and they were all equally violent) I could 

 not entertain a momentary doubt, but the 

 extensor tendon was as much punctured, lace- 

 rated, or divided, as the diminutive size of 

 the instrument used, and the obstructive 

 motion of the horse would admit. This ap- 

 parent fact I was induced to believe (by the 

 severity of pain, and almost uncommon vio- 

 lence of symptoms), that the point of the 

 lancet was broken off in the attempt, and re- 

 tained in the wound ; upon premising this 

 fear to the groom, he assured me that was 

 not the case ; for the instrument was perfect 

 %i'h€7i found. How that could be, after re- 

 maining under a horse in his litter for twenty- 

 four hours (as the lancet was not produced) 

 \y\\\ never be clearly reconciled to my ozvn 

 opinion, who have so constantly such an in- 

 strument in my hand. 



To return ; finding the orifice (small as it 

 was) discharge, upon pressure, a bloody ichor, 

 or indi<j^ested sanies, and the ed«;es to have 

 acquired a very rigid callosity, I determined 

 (that the digestion might not be a moment 

 retarded, when sufficiently suppurated for 



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