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THE MODERN SYSTEM 



legs, which quickly brings him over. I do 

 not disapprove of this plan, for I thinii it may 

 prevent accidents. By following the above 

 directions, the Horse may be said to be more 

 let down than thrown. 



The moment tlie Horse is thrown, the rope 

 must be fastened with what is termed a half- 

 hitch, in which a small pad of straw is in- 

 serted, by which means the rope is drawn 

 much tighter. The person at the head must 

 mind and keep that secure ; for all the efforts 

 to disengage himself are first begun by en- 

 deavouring to get his head at liberty, so that 

 he may raise his fore parts. Place plenty of 

 straw underneath his head, so that he may 

 lie as easy as possible. Be careful also that 

 the Horse should breathe freely when down, 

 and that no more time be wasted in the ope- 

 ration than is absolutely necessary, as many 

 Horses struggle the whole of the time, and 

 are very tedious, and exhaust themselves very 

 much. 



BRONCHOTOMY. 



Bronchotomy is an operation performed on 

 the bronchia, or wind-pipe, in bad cases of 

 strangles, or when tumours exist in the throat, 

 which threaten the animal with suffocation ; 

 or if an apple, potatoe, or a piece of carrot has 

 slipped into the oesophagus, &c. 



The operation of tracheotomy is not of a 

 difficult nature, and consists in making a 

 longitudinal section throuo:h two or three of 

 the rings, occupying about an inch square, 

 that may be taken away from the front of the 

 cartilaginous substance. A flexible tube 

 should then be introduced into the opening, 

 and retained there as long as possible. — 

 This operation has been performed in cases 

 of roaring; those who peiformed it think- 



ing the obstruction much lower down loan 

 it is. 



CESOPHAGOTOMY. 



The oesophagus may be divided purposely, 

 in cases of strangulation, from the obstruction 

 of too large a ball, an apple, or from the 

 accumulation of dry bran and chaff, whi,ch 

 sometimes takes place in greedy horses. 



NEUROTOMY, 



Or the nerve operation, spoken of some time* 

 back, now comes under our notiie to describe 

 the performance of. We also stated that 

 the operation was performed for diseases of 

 the feet, principally of such as are dependent 

 on a contracted form, or otherwise altered in 

 the form of the hoofs, (excepting the pumised 

 hoof.) The nerves having been long known 

 as the medium of sensation, many cases of 

 lameness in the feet occur, which render 

 Horses useless, principally from the pain and 

 tenderness consequent on the pressure of some 

 parts of the foot, long since altered by disease 

 but which are not now actively engaged in a 

 disorganizing process. 



Where there is reason to expect consider- 

 able disorganization of the internal parts of 

 the feet, such as ossification, or total absorp- 

 tion of the articular cartilages, or aiseased 

 alteration of the bones within; the horny box, 

 or where inflammation of the laminae may 

 have wholly destroyed their sensibility, or 

 where the mucous capsules have from disease 

 ceased to yield any, or but a partial supply of 

 synovia, in all sneh cases it cannot be expected 

 to restore the mobility of anchylosed parts, nor 

 can it restore the lost organization, but even 

 in such cases, when morbid processes are not 

 actually ginng on, but seem stationary, and 



