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attached to the olecranon showed occasional slight trembling move- 

 ments. Sensation was nowhere diminished. The temperature and 

 chief functions were normal. 



The mare was placed in slings. Several times per day the extensor 

 muscles of the paralysed limb were massaged; 2^ drachms of 

 iodide of potash and 4^ ounces of sulphate of soda were given daily. 

 On the first three days the swelling of the forearm remained 

 stationary. Next day the animal was depressed, hung back from the 

 manger, and threw its whole weight on the slings. The elbow region 

 was greatly swollen, hard, and onl}- slightl}- sensitive to pressure ; the 

 swelling extended over the muscles of the forearm. The appetite was 

 good, and'temperature normal. 



On the fifth and sixth days the swelling of the upper part of the 

 forearm increased in prominence and extent. On palpation it seemed 

 as though caused by liquid extra vasated between the muscular layers. 

 At the end of forty-eight hours it began to diminish, but functional 

 disturbance remained almost as marked as on the first day. During 

 the second week the general condition gradually impro\-ed. A daily 

 dose of 2 ounces of bicarbonate of soda was added to the draught 

 previously given. On the fifteenth da}- the animal was taken out of 

 slings and left loose in its box ; it then began to place weight on the 

 affected limb. From this time onwards improvement was rapid, the 

 limb soon being extended with more certaint}- and freedom. At the 

 commencement of the fourth week the last sj-mptoms had disappeared, 

 and the animal was returned home. At the same time as the preceding 

 patient there was in hospital a horse, in which paralysis of the right 

 radial nerve had occurred during operation on the foot. The animal 

 had been cast on the right side, and the off fore-leg drawn backwards 

 and fastened to the corresponding hock. Being very strong the animal 

 had struggled violently. On rising, it was unable to bear weight on 

 the off fore-leg. The upper parts of the limb were blistered. As at • 

 the end of a few days no improvement had occurred, the horse was 

 sent to the School. 



At rest the injured limb \\as half fiexed, the toe of the foot alone 

 touching the ground. The scapulo-humeral angle was very open, the 

 shoulder dropped, and the point of the elbow depressed. The skin 

 covering the shoulder, arm, and forearm was denuded of hair, swollen, 

 discharging and inflamed, in consequence of the blisters which had 

 been applied. Sensation was preserved throughout the limb. When 

 walking, the leg was moved forward with difficult}', and collapsed when 

 the animal tried to place weight on it. 



The horse was placed in sHngs, and, to hasten healing of the skin 



