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toe, every part is as free from heat, or pain, or swelling, as 
ever it was ; no pressure of the fingers applied, no pinching 
will produce the slightest flinching more than would a sound 
limb. The leg may be carried forward to the elbow or back 
to its fullest extent without pain, but on abduction there is pain 
and resistance . I as strictly as possible examined the bones 
of the pelvis, per rectum, but could find no fracture or sign 
of injury; one kidney could be reached, and bore considerable 
pressure from my hand; the bladder was partially distended ; 
pressure over the region of the kidneys produced no effect. 
The lameness is still as great as ever; and again on turning in 
his stall he makes a pivot of the off hind foot; at a walk he 
is in precisely the same state as yesterday. The bowels are 
moving with the physic. I have no doubt he was purged, and 
he micturates quite freely. Constitutional irritation there is 
none, the pulse being 34 per minute, and he eats his grass as 
if nothing had occurred. The leg still rests upon the toe, 
therefore I have put on a shoe with high caulkings, which 
gives a little elevation to the hock, and we both fancy there 
is also very slight elevation at the head of the femur; but this 
may be from the same cause, or from the lifting of the whole 
limb out of the way of ajar from the ground. 
Mr. Hurford and myself agree in supposing it to be a 
fracture of the ilium, and flatter ourselves it will terminate in 
union and recovery. 
Yours faithfully. 
p.s. — I was anxious to say something about the rarity of 
curb in the arab, but have not time, as this is the last safe day 
for despatch of letters to catch the steamer at Madras. I 
have seen as faulty hocks in arabs as could be imagined in 
English or N. S. Wales horses, and yet, although this disease 
prevails in the latter, it is very rare in the former ; indeed, during 
my whole service I have perhaps not met with a dozen. 
Bangalore; May 9 , 1853 . 
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By Wm. Fuunivall, Pupil of Mr. B. Cartledge, V. S., Sheffield. 
Tuesday, July 5th, an aged brown horse, which was broken- 
winded and low in condition, was seized with spasms of the 
bowels at 8 p.m. The owner gave him an antispasmodic 
draught, which afforded temporary relief. The pain, however, 
returned with increased severity, and at 2 a.m. our attendance 
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