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inner part of the tibia. The owner declared this had been seen two 

 days before, but that the animal had not been lame. On the day of 

 the accident the patient had been drawing loads, one of which weighed 

 35 cwt. It had backed into a difficult place considering the weight 

 behind it. Careful questioning elicited the following facts. On the 

 day previous to death, while drawing on the level, the animal suddenly 

 fell, but soon rose again, and seemed none the worse. The wound had 

 been noticed a day previous to this. From the position the animal 

 occupied in its stable it could not have been kicked by another horse. 

 After it fell the upper part of the leg around the tibia became swollen. 



Diagnosis. — Fractured tibia. 



z\s there was very little crepitation, and the bone was not displaced, 

 the animal vvas slung. A probe entered the wound for a distance of 

 one and a half inches. The animal hung in the slings and could not 

 stand. Below the wound the leg was insensitive to pin-pricks. After 

 full consideration the animal was shot. 



Post-mortem Examination. — On removing the skin from the leg the 

 subcutaneous tissue for two inches above and four or live inches below 

 the wound was seen to be much bruised ; the wound extended into the 

 medullary cavity of the tibia, which contained a quantity of dark coa- 

 gulated blood ; the bone was broken into ten or twelve fragments, and 

 cracked to within about one inch of its lower articular surface. 



Mr. B. P. Godfray's case, Veterinarian, 1894, p 677. 



SUPPURATING LYMPHANGITIS-ABSCESS FORMATION IN THE POP- 

 LITEAL LYMPHATIC GLANDS-TREATMENT BY OXYGENATED 

 WATER (HYDROXYL). 



149. A four-year-old mare left in hospital November 12th, 1896. 



Had been bought ten months before. Was affected with verrucous 

 dermatitis (grease) of both hind legs, which had been unsuccessfully 

 treated with warm solutions of lysol. 



On the 7th November, on returning from a rather long journey, the 

 mare was seen to be distinctly lame on the near hind leg. Next day 

 the leg was swollen as high as the hock. During the following days 

 swelling increased, extending to the lower part of the thigh. Lame- 

 ness was intense, and the disease steadily became worse in spite of 

 treatment. 



The animal was brought to the school on the evening of the 12th 

 November. While it was being led into the ambulance an abscess in 

 the region of the thigh broke, and discharged a considerable quantity 

 of pus. 



State on Entry. — The entire limb was swollen and very tender on 

 examination. The foot was rested on the toe. About twelve inches 

 above the summit of the os calcis on the posterior surface of the thigh 

 was a wound discharging viscous, offensive pus. Around this wound 

 was a necrotic patch of skin measuring six inches by five. Removal 

 of the eschar exposed a large inflammatory centre and slough involving 

 the fascia of the thigh, the flexor pedis perforans, and perforatus muscles, 

 the flexor muscles of the phalanges, and the popliteus. A probe pene- 

 trated about twelve inches and touched the tibia. 



