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Cast the animal on the sound side, pass a rope at the pastern, and pull 
on the leg; the operator with one hand holds this one steady, while 
with the other, it feels the relation of the articular surfaces. As soon 
as they can slip over each other, a strong pressure is made upon the 
humerus. . ‘ 
The method of Seyler seems to us better. To pull the leg forward, 
‘backward, outward or inward, according to the displacement of the 
humerus; then by methodical pressures made, push the head of the 
‘bone back in its cavity; those are the requirements. In one case of 
luxation forward, “I had the head of the horse held by a man, another 
-carried the leg forward, while a third pressed hard ‘on the knee, the 
humerus being held in its normal position by a fourth; I then gave a 
strong push to the head of the humerus with the palm of the right 
hand, and at once heard the very distinct snap of -the bone re-entering 
its cavity.” This method, which the author has used three times, has 
given him three successes. 
If, in operating this way, one does not succeed, it is necessary to cast 
‘tthe animal. But reduction standing is to be preferred, as there is always 
-danger of disturbances by the efforts made in getting up. For this 
reason, Peuch advises to throw the animal with the belly-band of the 
sling, which afterwards helps to raise him. In the horse, muscular 
‘power is overcome by the use of chloroform. 
Most ordinarily, a peculiar noise indicates that the coaptation has 
‘taken place; if it is not heard, the conformation of the joint, and the 
length of the leg, which have become normal, tell the surgeon the result 
-obtained. 
The reduction made, next comes the contention. The iron splint of 
Bourgelat, ‘to fix the shoulders of a horse suffering with sprain,” can 
‘be tried. (See Fracture of the Scapula.) 
Mathorez, after reducing the luxation in a horse, applied a blistering 
friction. Matheron, treating a calf, applied on the shoulder an iron 
-sheet padded with oakum and secured with the surcingle. In the three 
cases he treated, Lodezzano applied a pitch plaster. We have seen 
that Kaiser made on the region only simple irritating friction ; Bossetto 
placed on the point of the shoulder oakum dipped in vinegar water, 
-which he kept in place by rollers. Seyler used the bandage of Delwart. 
(See Fractures.) He states that, as soon as the operation: is ended, the 
horse, subject of his first observation, “ held back in its ordinary position 
the leg which he had lost the use of, as if nothing had ever happened.” 
In the case of Smith, immediately after the reduction, the horse walked 
easily, and was scarcely lame, eight days after. If the horse has to be 
thrown, he must be raised with a great deal of care. In all cases it is 
