THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXIX, 
No. 346. 
OCTOBER, 1856. 
Fourth Series, 
No. 22. 
Communications and Case . 
CLINICAL LECTURE ON DISLOCATION OF THE 
FEMUR. 
By John Gamgee, M.R.C.Y.S. 
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, and 
Clinical Lecturer in the Edinburgh Veterinary College. 
From, Notes by Mr. William Allen Field, Student. 
(Continued from p. 500.) 
The incomplete dislocations of the femur, when recent, are 
more simple to manage than cases like the one we have ob- 
served in Mr. Cairn’s dairy. But, for all this, though the 
head of the femur may be just over the brim of the aceta- 
bulum, it is surprising what immense power and appropriate 
contrivance is required to effect reduction. I shall now read 
you the history of a case of this kind. 
During my residence, in 1854, in the Imperial Veterinary 
College of Lyons, a low-bred gray horse was brought into 
the infirmary with a dislocation of the right hip joint. On 
the 30th of October, he was being driven in double harness, 
and sharply made to turn by a sudden and energetic puli to 
the right. Unable to move any further, the off hind limb 
having been seriously injured, the horse was set free, and 
made to limp on three legs to the college. The leg could 
not be drawn forwards, except partially in describing a semi- 
circle outwardly. When quietly standing some weight was 
borne by it, in the position shown in the accompanying 
sketch that I made at the time. The toe was twisted out- 
wards, the stifle slightly turned inwards, and the trochanter 
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