DISEASES OF THE BONES 407 



1. ' The horse was brought in markedly lame on the off 

 hmd-foot, knuckling at the fetlock, and taking a long^tride 

 with the injured limb. There was a punctured wound at 

 the toe. The horn was pared, and antiseptic poultices 

 applied. Notwithstanding the antiseptic treatment pus 

 continued to form. At the end of a week sufficient horn 

 was removed to ascertain the cause of the constant^suppura- 

 tion. A movable object was found at the bottom oi] the 

 wound, and a piece of bone as large as a sixpence finally 

 removed. Recovery was uneventful.' 



Fig. 160.— Fractured Os Pedis. 



2. ' A filly was attended for a discharging fistula at the 

 coronet. Externally it had all the appearances of a quittor. 

 At first no history was given. The filly went scarcely lame 

 at all, and had never been shod. Treatment with poultices 

 and caustic injections was useless. Finally the filly was 

 cast and the foot examined. A piece of bone, apparently 

 part of the wing of the os pedis, was removed, and the case 

 made a good recovery. Subsequent inquiries elicited the 

 fact that the animal had kicked at and hit a gate-post, and 

 it was judged that then the injury had occurred.' 



3. ' The subject was a bay horse, nine years old, used for 

 railway shunting. On August 7 he was found to be in- 

 tensely lame of the near hind-limb, and, after inquiries, 



