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the shoulder, the elbow is fixed higher up on the side of the 

 chest, and the foot is dragged along on the point of the toe. 

 It can hardl}^ be mistaken. 



Treatment. — The operator stands in front of the horse, and, 

 with both hands, grasps the lower end of the upper arm-bone 

 at the elbow-joint, and places his head against the shoulder- 

 joint. He then draws the lower end of the bone forward, 

 j)ressing on the joint with his head. By this means the joint 

 is brought in place, but much force is generally required. 

 The most difficult part of the operation is to keep it in place. 

 Put a collar on, with the seat resting squarely against the 

 joint, and then put on the harness, and, with firm cords reach- 

 ing from the rings of the hames to those of the harness at 

 the thigh, keep a constant pressure on the joint. Keep the 

 foot forward and the shoulder pressed back. 



DISLOCATION OF THE HIP. 



From the immense strength of the hip-joint it is rarely put 

 out of place. In the horse, fracture of the haunch-bone at 

 the socket of the hip-joint is more likely to occur than simple 

 dislocation. But it may occur with fracture, or without it. 

 The injury is a very serious one, and may be known by the 

 hip being sensibly knocked down, or lower than the opposite 

 one, and the lameness which it gives rise to. 



Treatment. — To attempt to reduce this dislocation by any 

 ordinary means would be useless. The best thing that can be 

 done, perhaps, is to allow the animal a few months' quiet until 

 a sort of provisional callous joint forms. I knew one animal, 

 in which this accident occurred, cured by being suspended, or 

 hanged up, by the legs, and considerably jolted while thus 

 suspended. When let down, he walked off, with great ease, 

 as if nothing had been the matter. This plan might be tried, 

 using a block and tackle arrangement to raise the horse, when, 

 by a sudden jolt, the joint will very likely be brought in 

 place. This plan is on the same principle practiced by the 



