304 VETERINARY SURGICAL THERAPEUTICS. 
“A horse having been harnessed to a truck loaded with stones, and the 
axle breaking, the animal fell down under the great weight. When it got 
up, it was unable to rest on its foreleg; the digital region bent forward, 
even when not in motion, and the animal rested with the posterior part of 
the fetlock down; but there was no swelling, and no local pain.” The. 
animal however, was destroyed, because it was found that the suspensory 
ligament was completely ruptured a little above its point of bifurcation. 
In the case of Dubos, “ the superior parts of the two sesamoids were 
broken and the separated portions remained adherent to the extremities of 
the suspensory ligaments.” 
Comeny’s mare showed general manifestations of great suffering and had 
her front legs stretched stiffly forward. “he hind legs were brought 
under the body, as in laminitis; the front fetlocks could be seen dropping 
and rising alternately, according as each was called upon to carry the. 
weight of the body. The rest on one leg was for a very short time and. 
for that time the ergot touched the ground and the metacarpo-phalangeal 
angle measured less than go. In walking the symptoms were still more 
marked. 
At the post-mortem examination, a rupture of the two branches of both 
suspensory ligaments was found, with lacerations of the lateral metacarpo- 
phalangeal ligaments, extensive secondaty lesions of the sesamoid sheath, 
arthritis of the fetlock, periostosis and fractures of both small metacarpal 
bones. 
Such lesions on the two front legs are incurable. With one leg only 
treatment may be attempted. By supporting the fetlock behind with 
a plaster bandage, the apparatus of Defays, or special shoeing, the tendi- 
nous ends might unite. A rest of six weeks to two months would be 
required. 
Firing of the whole region, should it be too indurated, might complete 
the treatment. 
V. 
TENDINOUS LUXATIONS, 
Those are very rare in all animal species. The horse has presented the 
most interesting examples. Most of them have to do with luxation of the 
perforatus of the hind leg; a few with that of the tendon of the posteo- 
spinatus. 
The luxation of the perforatus, in the calcaneal portion, has been ob- 
served by Goubaux, Trélut, Burck, Drouet, Fourie, Le Calvé, Stockfleth, 
Gunther, Moller and Bayer. 
It may take place inwards or outwards, The horse treated by Trélut 
