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SEVERAL CASES OF FRACTURE. 
plan of slinging horses ; subdued the inflammation as quickly 
as possible by the frequent application of cooling lotions, 
and, as nothing could be done with splints or bandages, I 
supported the leg as well as I was able, and left nature to 
do the remainder. At the end of five weeks my patient be- 
came tired of her situation, and one day got her head at 
liberty, and extricated herself from the slings a little before I 
intended she should. The parts being of course very 
weak, by her favouring the limb, the sinews became con- 
tracted, so much so that she could scarcely get along her leg, 
which was much bent. Then came teniotomy to our aid. 
After having had the mare cast, I divided the flexor tendons, 
and placed the leg straight. The ends of the tendons, by 
this act, were three or four inches apart. I then had an iron 
attached to the shoe by means of a staple, which I could re- 
move at pleasure, and had her again placed in her stall, but 
not in the slings, although afterwards I thought it would 
have been better, as she got to lie down with her iron on 
during the latter part of the time. I saw the mare the other 
day, and no one could tell that anything had been the 
matter with her except that a little thickening remained 
where the tendons were divided. She is in foal, and her 
owner says she works as well as any horse he has got. This 
is the second case of fractured shoulder I have at work, but 
the first being fractured in a different place, caused the 
mare to step short for about six months after resuming her 
work. 
Another case w 7 hich I might mention was a mare that ran 
aw 7 ay on taking fright at a donkey, and, not being able to 
turn a corner, went across a grip where there was an old 
thorn hedge on the other side, and trying to stop herself, her 
fore feet went with such force against the stumps of the hedge 
that one of the bones of .the knee was fractured. I w 7 as at- 
tending another horse at the time upon the farm, saw r it done, 
and was quickly on the spot. With some difficulty I got 
her to the stable, put her in slings at once, splintered and 
bandaged the part, and applied a lotion. When she recovered 
the knee was larger than the other, but she worked w ell for 
several years after, and then died very suddenly ; I should 
think from some affection of the heart, although I had no 
chance of seeing her, as she was well at night, and dead in 
the morning. 
The fourth and last case I shall allude to was a bullock, 
who, w 7 hen the owner was applying a dressing for lice, 
jumped at the gate, and got his hind leg fast between the 
bars, and fractured the metatarsus just above the fetlock. I 
