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stroyed. The capsular ligament was torn through, and the muscular 

 fibres burst asunder. The head of the humerus was, as it always is, 

 lodged in front of the glenoid cavity. The accident may be known by 

 the deformity, and by the inability to move the limb. It is incurable. 

 In a case which Malthorez succeeded in reducing, the bone continually 

 slipped out again, so he spread a charge over the shoulder, and got a man 

 to hold the bone in its place for six hours a day. In a week the bone 

 kept its situation without further assistance. 



23d July, 1852, Hyde Park Barracks. — J^- P — rode a black mare 

 which he desired I should examine. It had been kicking, and had in 

 consequence been bought a bargain. I found fault with the shoulders, 

 these being upright ; and standing, on her ofi' side, I perceived that the 

 right scapula was monstrously prominent and forward : in prosecuting my 

 examination, I discovered that the crista of the bone had been forced for- 

 ward, and consequently had thrown the body more upright, besides pro- 

 ducing a remarkable prominence below the withers, just behind the neck, 

 to which there was no counterpart on the opposite side. I showed the 

 deformity to J. P., as well as to Corporal Sturt. The scapula appeared 

 to have been forced forward out of its natural position ; for I could 

 detect the spine of the bone, though, of course, much more forward than 

 natural. J. P. was riding the mare, and said she was perfectly sound. 

 Notwithstanding, the case seemed to me to amount to a partial dislocation 

 of the scapula. 



Dislocation of the Arm cannot occur unless the olecranon be 

 broken. Should this happen, there is no chance of recovery. 



Dislocation or the Hip is oftener met with than any other luxation. 

 Hurtrel d'Arboval tells us it may happen from a slip while the hind legs 

 are stretched out in the act of staling ; when it does occur, the displace- 

 ment is commonly incomplete : the head of the femur being thrown 

 backward, and lodging upon the brim of the acetabulum. It is accom- 

 panied by rupture of the round ligament, laceration of the capsule, and 

 breach in the cartilage by which the acetabulum is surrounded. The 

 peculiar halting gait will attract attention to the hip-joint ; and, by exa- 

 mination, we shall be enabled to feel the head of the femur out of its 

 proper situation. In time, it happens that the bone makes a socket for 

 itself in its new situation, and obtains, by degrees, tolerable motion ; suf- 

 ficient to enable the animal to do " slow work." 



Mr. Feron relates a case of dislocated hip. "The pain was so great 

 the animal could not stand erect; and when down, required seven or 

 eight men to help him up." INIr. Feron cast the horse, and, " with un- 

 exampled difficulty and trouble, succeeded in reducing the bone." He 

 then " applied the actual cautery on the joint ;" and, lastly, " covered 

 the place with a dressing composed of tar, spirits of wine, and vitriolic 



