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however, never been ascertained), tlie cause 

 of the present distressing scene was absolutely 

 and beyond all possibility of doubt or con- 

 tradiction, a puncture or laceration of the 

 tendon. 



Obscured as the case was, by what is too 

 much the practice, complicated opinions and 

 various experiments^ in addition to the length 

 of time since the injury had, been sustained, 

 great or sanguine hope of success was not to 

 \)t entertained. I nevertheless observed, if 

 the owner wished to adopt such system as 

 alone seemed calculated to alleviate symp- 

 toms and afford relief, giving the whole a 

 fair and persevering trial of three weeks or 

 a month, without any perceptible advantage, 

 I should then, .(however disagreeable the of- 

 fice may be) certainly not hesitate to advise 

 the propriety of pa:>sing the only sentence 

 that could extricate the subject from a life 

 of extreme pain and perpetual misery. 



My proposal having been instantly and 

 most cheerfully acquiesced in by the great 

 liumanity aud anxious wish for preservation 

 ia the owner, I ordered, without dclav, ^ 



