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fell while working in a cab, and extensively wounded both knees, 
opening the articulation in the near one. The leg was placed in 
a cradle, so as to render the horse unable to flex it ; the wound 
was lightly covered with tow saturated with a simple lotion, and 
in a comparatively short time the case quite recovered. 
The other case of open joint, which terminated fatally, occurred 
in a chestnut horse, belonging to a person who was working him 
on a line of railway which is now making near town. While so 
employed, the horse got the foot and pastern of the near fore-leg 
crushed between one of the carriage-wheels and the rail, the effect 
of which was, fracture of the os coronse and the opening of the 
articulation at each of its extremities. The horse was brought 
here and kept for some time under treatment ; but the degree of 
sympathetic fever which came on was so great, that it was found 
necessary to destroy him. 
The case of fracture which terminated fatally occurred in a cab 
mare. She was brought here late on the evening of May 16th, 
presenting a large wound a little above the point of the off shoulder, 
which the man in charge said had been caused by the shaft of a 
chaise. The mare was scarcety able to walk, and had to be sup- 
ported here on planks, or probably she could not have reached at 
all. On examining the wound, it was found that the neck of the 
scapula was fractured : nothing was done for it, and the mare was 
destroyed. 
Among the cases of wounds one may be noticed, as it shews 
the consequences of thoughtless and ignorant treatment. A mare 
that had been hired by a traveller for a journey, after being 
away some days, and when about sixty miles from town, fell, and 
severely cut and bruised her knees. She was left near where the 
accident took place, until sufficiently recovered to travel into town. 
Immediately on her return a blister was applied to the knees, and 
her head tied up to prevent her gnawing it with her teeth. She 
was kept standing in this way between two and three weeks, 
when, becoming exhausted from standing so long, she broke the 
halter and fell down. As she was thought to have injured her 
back, application was made here. As her pulse was feeble, and 
her leg somewhat swollen, especially the one on which she had 
chiefly supported herself, it was evident that her inability to rise 
was owing to debility. She was, therefore, placed in as comfort- 
able a position as possible, and allowed to lie quiet for several 
hours, after which she was turned over to the contrary side. The 
turning was repeated at intervals until the next afternoon : she 
was then raised and supported by slings, in which she remained 
for some days, when, having considerably improved, she was 
turned to grass quite convalescent. 
William Dick. 
