268 OBSERVATIONS ON INJURIES, ETC., AMONG ARMY HORSES. 
No. 5 was a comminuted fracture of the right radius, two 
and a half inches above the radio-carpal articulation, the 
main break running in a slightly oblique direction. The 
horse fell at evening watering parade; under what circum- 
stances no one knew; other particulars were not forthcoming. 
No. 6, whilst being trained, took fright and broke away 
with the limber, in the direction of his stable. On the road 
the limber wheel came in contact with the parapet of a small 
bridge and capsized, falling, together with the horse, down a 
small embankment. In the fall, or when the animal was 
struggling, the right metatarsal bones were fractured. The 
fracture was comminuted, its main direction being oblique. 
No. 7 was a compound and comminuted fracture of the left 
tibia, extending obliquely upwards from the inner part of its 
lower third into the femoro-tibial articulation. This was the 
result of a kick, received on the inside of the leg when the 
horses were returning from the water troughs. 
No. 8 was a compound and comminuted fracture of the 
right metacarpus at the upper part of the lower third, where 
on its inner side it received a kick from the horse in front, 
an officers charger, and an animal addicted to kicking. The 
direction of the fracture was transverse. 
The last four cases have nothing very interesting about 
them, excepting that fractures were sustained by different 
bones, which, however, does not prove that one bone is more 
liable to this lesion than another. The tibia is perhaps the 
most liable to fracture, though we have not found it so. 
No. 9 received a severe kick on the upper and outer part 
of the right metatarsal bones, by which the small outer one 
was fractured and the large one contused, about three inches 
below the tarsal joint. 
By the frequent discharge of small pieces of bone, it was 
known that the outer metatarsal was fractured, but to what 
extent we were unable to say, owing to its anatomical dispo- 
sition; the wound was very small, and had to be enlarged; 
fomentations were constantly applied, and the patient was 
kept as quiet as possible. Slings would have been useful in 
this case, but we had none, neither had we anything suitable 
for a substitute. For some days the patient bore weight on 
the limb tolerably well, after which he suffered much pain 
that caused considerable constitutional derangement and fever. 
The three sound legs were now giving way, and we dared no 
longer to keep his head tied up. He injured the prominent 
parts of his body by lying down and getting up, often falling 
in the latter attempt. During thirteen days he wasted 
rapidly, became very weak, refused to eat, and ceased to 
