THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXVI, 
No. 301. 
JANUARY, 1853. 
Third Series, 
No. 61 . 
FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS. 
By J. Rainsford, V.S, 4th Dragoon Guards. 
June 6t/i , 1852. — A, 43, chestnut mare, admitted with a 
severe contusion of the off hind quarter, occasioned by a fall, 
on the line of march from Limerick to Dublin, which created 
great difficulty in bringing her on the last four days. There 
was considerable swelling of the quarter, and the mare was 
excessively lame, unable to move without very great exertion. 
She had been bled and physicked by order of Mr. Percivall, 
V.S. of the Artillery, previous to my seeing her. Fomenta- 
tion to the quarter was followed by some trifling relief. 
From the drooping and sinking of the quarter, and from 
the excessive lameness, I was of opinion fracture of the 
pelvis had taken place, although there was no perceptible 
crepitus. 
July 1st , — I applied a blister over the hip-joint, which 
took good effect. 
28 th. —The mare still continues very lame, and the mus- 
cles of the quarter have lost much of their plumpness and 
rotundity. 
August 1 st . — There appearing no hopes of the mare’s 
recovery, she having become much worse during the last 
few days, and now being unable to raise herself upon her legs 
when down, and all doubt being removed about the presence 
of fracture, I recommended that she should be destroyed. 
On post-mortem examination I found the ischium, close to 
the acetabulum, fractured ; the fracture extending into the 
cavity of the joint, which was in a high state of inflamma- 
tion, accompanied with extravasation of blood, effusion of 
lymph, &c., into the surrounding parts. 
Portobello Barracks ; ; j 
Nov. bth, 1852. 
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