INFLAMMATION OF OS CORONAS. 
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[On referring to the previous orders respecting castration 
in India, our readers will see with pleasure that by the one 
which we now print a stop is put to the cruel practice of ren- 
dering horses impotent by rough manipulations of the 
spermatic vessels and testes, to break down their structure, 
as practised by the natives. 
We congratulate the veterinary surgeons who have suc- 
cessfully resisted the attempted introduction of this method 
of operating upon the horses belonging to the Indian army.] 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE OS CORONiE, SUCCEEDED BY 
ULCERATION OF THE BONE TISSUE AND OF THE ARTI- 
CULAR CARTILAGE. 
ee The subject, an omnibus horse, aged nine years, came in 
October, 1853, under the care of Messrs. Woodger and 
Broad, veterinary surgeons, Paddington, for a somewhat 
obscure lameness of the off hind leg. The general symp- 
toms showed the seat of the disease to be the pastern joint, 
and it was supposed to depend upon ordinary inflammation 
of the periosteum and surrounding ligamentous structures. 
The treatment adopted, conjoined with perfect rest, was 
attended with a marked benefit. In December, the horse 
was taken from the straw-yard in which he had been placed, 
the lameness being at this time very slight. Some thickening of 
the pastern joint was, however, still existing, and as this was 
supposed to depend on osseous deposition, counter-irritation 
was had recourse to, and further rest enjoined. — On January 
24, 1854, the animal was so free from lameness that it was 
thought he would be fit to resume his work in a few days. 
On the evening of this day, however, he w T as suddenly attacked 
with extreme pain and lameness, which prevented his placing 
the least weight upon the limb. Active inflammation super- 
vened, and collections of pus took place in the ligamentous 
and tendinous connexions of the joint. The pus quickly 
gained an external outlet, and sinuses leading to the bone 
w-ere formed. The treatment adopted having failed to afford 
relief, the animal was destroyed on the 6th of February, 
twelve days after the recurrence of the severe lameness. 
