CASE OF DISLOCATION OF THE STIFLE JOINT. 
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recollected Dispatch, a horse of Mr. Peel’s sold at Bindley’s. 
“ Perfectly well,” was the reply. “ Did you ever attend him for 
any complaint?” “Yes.” “Of what kind?” “ Disease of the 
liver.” “ How long is that since ?” “ About a year and a half or two 
years.” This appeared to me quite comfirmatory of my previous 
opinion, particularly as Mr. R. had never lost sight of him from that 
time to that of his sale at Bindley’s, and I had seen him almost 
daily from that time to his death. I can speak very positively 
as to his high spirit, for I once gave him a gallop on our race 
course in a snaffle bridle, and he carried me off the course through 
a part of the town, and a considerable distance along a turnpike 
road, before I could get a pull at him, and this, too, without the 
slightest respect to my inclination in the matter. 
Now, the consideration of these two cases, so similar in many 
respects, seems to establish the important fact, that, with excessive 
decay of the liver, a display of perfect health may be apparent, 
and that the energy necessary to perform laborious duties maybe 
exhibited. The application to be made would be a careful and 
minute investigation of other viscera, in order to ascertain whether 
any unnatural or extended function had been performed by them 
to supply the loss of power sustained by the liver in its impaired 
and impeded state. I frankly confess that, at the time, I did not 
direct my attention to this important subject, as I might have 
done if I had previously seen an account of a similar case, or as 
it is probable that Mr. Spooner would have done if he had pre- 
viously read an account of mine. I regret now that I did not 
send it to The Veterinarian at the time it occurred; but I 
sincerely hope that it will not be lost sight of. 
Your’s truly, &c. 
A CASE OF DISLOCATION OF THE STIFLE JOINT. 
By E. Gabriel, Esq., M.R.C.S. et V.S., London. 
On the 14th of November 1842, I was requested to visit a 
young bay horse that had just met with an accident. He be- 
longed to a coach proprietor, and had been taken out to shew 
for sale. On running up the yard the third or fourth time, being 
very fresh, he lashed out with both hind legs, and on coming 
to the ground his off foot slipped — the limb flew behind him, and 
he came down on the front of the stifle and fetlock joints, slightly 
lacerating the skin of both : on recovering himself, he could not 
put his foot on the ground. 
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