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fecital, as well as the present state of the 

 liorse, I could not entertain a doubt of the 

 flexor tendon's being punctured by the ori- 

 ginal operator, or lacerated by his successor, 

 in the daily probings that were to effect so ex- 

 peditious a cure. Proceeding, however, to the 

 stables, I found the patient upon three legs, 

 in a stall barely five feet wide, in a state of 

 the greatest agony ; his leg in an almost con- 

 stant contractive motion, absolutely <>;roan^ 

 ing with the extremity of pain, tlie whole 

 limb perceptibly wasted, the frame ema- 

 ciated, the joint much enlarged, the cica- 

 trix exceedingly tender, bearing no pressure 

 iupon the tendon, and an uncommon stric- 

 ture upon the surrounding parts, wherever 

 the blister had taken effect ; and, to render 

 the business of inquiry complete, I found 

 circumstances had varied very little for near 

 two months, but that symptoms had con- 

 tinued nearly in the same state. 



Every action, every predominant trait tend- 

 ing to corroborate my first opinion upon the 

 <:ase, I could not hesitate a moment to pro- 

 iiounce, that whatever had been the oriain 

 Qf the simple tumour fperhaps a blon) that had. 



