DISHASES OF THE BONES 407 
1. ‘The horse was brought in markedly lame on the off 
hind-foot, knuckling at the fetlock, and taking a long’stride 
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 of} the 
wound, and a piece of bone as large as a sixpence finally 
removed. Recovery was uneventful.’ 
Fic. 160.—Fracturep Os Pspis, 
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.’ 
83. ‘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, 
