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principal hope lies in preventing the increase of the bony dqiosit, 

 and likewise in removing that inflammation which is the existing 

 cause of much of the pain, stiffness, and tumefaction in the sur- 

 rounding ligaments. Our hopes of success must also greatly de- 

 pend on the time the evil has existed. When it is early attendcil 

 to that is, before the bony deposit has gained its full solidity- 

 stimulants act more favorably, and lessen it more materially. It 

 remains to add that, when repeated blistering fails, the iring-ircn 

 generally concludes the business, but commonly answers no furthei 

 purpose than being a publication of the animal's infirmity, and a 

 warning to practitioners as regards the previous treatment." 



The remedies and means used by the author of this work for 

 the treatment of spavin are the same as recommended for ring- 

 bone. (See article on Ring-bone.) 



Fracture of the Pelvis (" Hip Shot," or " Pinhipped "). 



My attention having lately been called to two cases of fractured 

 pelvis, I am led to make the following remarks for the benefit of 

 those who feel an interest in matters pertaining to veterinary sci- 

 ence. The accident of fracture of the pelvis is of very common 

 occurrence, and I think that many such cases might be prevented 

 by the exercise of a little judgment on the part of horse-owners. 

 For example, the great majority of cases with which I am ac- 

 quainted have occurred in the stable, after the animals have been 

 put up for the night "all well," as the owners have informed me, 

 and to them the matter seemed very mysterious and unaccounta- 

 ble. But I think that the mystery can easily be explained. 



If a horse is put up for the night all well and free from lame- 

 ness, and in the morning is lame, and it is observed that the hip 

 is knuckled down, as the saying is, (fracture of the pelvis,) or, in 

 other words, he is " hip-shot," tlie evidence then seems conclusive 

 that the accident occurred within the stable. Then the question 

 arises. How did it occur ? We all ought to know that the stalls 

 in our city stables are too narrow; many of them do not exceed 

 four feet in breadth. Now, let a large horse throw himself vio- 

 lently down, as they often do when tired or in pain, and he is 

 very apt to strike the point of the hip against one side of the stiv- 

 ble. The point of the hip being but imperfectly protected from 

 external or lateral injury, except by tlie common 'ntegun eut, tb« 



