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an experienced horseman. The horse had also been noticed 

 to wear his shoes more like a stiff old horse than like a four- 

 year-old. An operation was undertaken on the 27th, when 

 the powerful young animal proved very refractory, and 

 struggled with unusual violence whenever the issue needle 

 was passed into the small cut made for its admission. Chlo- 

 roform was therefore used, and the operation having been 

 promptly performed, the horse was allowed to rise and to be 

 conveyed to the stable. Next day he was removed to Porto- 

 bello, and on the 29th I saw him, and found the issue in its 

 proper place, and the horse doing well on the whole, though 

 he had somewhat lost his appetite. On Saturday the 21st, 

 Mr H and family left town for Selkirkshire, and I ad- 

 vised the young horse to be taken too. The coachman 

 informed me that he was doing well, and going far better, 

 and accordingly he was, with my consent, allowed to be put 

 in harness for a distance of about four miles after being 

 taken off the train. He did the journey well, but, on being 

 placed in the stable, was noticed to tremble. 



On Sunday, the 1st of August, Mr H came up to 



town, and informed me that his young horse had been sud- 

 denly taken seriously ill, that he seemed helpless on one side, 

 the muscles of his neck were rigid, and though it was at first 

 sight believed to be paralysis, a medical gentleman, with 



Mr H in the train, told him it was more probably 



tetanus. Next morning, the 2nd of August, I proceeded 

 to Selkirkshire, where I found the horse in a natural state, 

 without symptoms of paralysis or tetanus, though somewhat 

 dull, and very slighly feverish. The issue had suppurated 

 freely, and continued to discharge; the hock was quite cool, 

 and the animal moved well, both about his loose box, and 

 when taken out of the stable. I observed that there was 

 some derangement of the secretion of urine, and I prescribed 



