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unmanageable and incurable a character when met with, as to 
render it little worthy of remark. 
Mr. Percivall, in speaking of dislocation of the fetlock-joint, 
says, “ we are informed by Hurtrel D’Arboval that, notwithstand- 
ing the little that has been said about it, ‘it happens more frequently 
than others.’ He gives us, however, little hope of restoring the 
case.” 
It does not follow, I think, that because we have not any, or 
but few, recorded cases of this kind, that they should be considered 
injuries of very rare occurrence or irremediable ones ; for, in addition 
to the above high authority, other respectable testimony can be 
adduced corroborative of this fact — that they are not of such unfre- 
quent occurrence as might, a priori , be conceived. 
In conversations that I have had with veterinary surgeons prac- 
tising in this county, since the foregoing case came under my ob- 
servation, I have been informed that several cases of this nature 
have happened in their practice, all of which have been caused by 
mechanical injuries, such as the entanglement of limbs in gates, 
&c., some of which have been successfully treated. 
Although the case I have described occurred some eight years 
ago, the little information we have on the subject of dislocations in 
the horse induces me to hope that this communication will not be 
the less acceptable on that account. 
In conclusion, I trust that, if it does no more than direct at- 
tention to this neglected division of veterinary surgery, it will not 
be found altogether useless to your readers. 
November 15, 1850. 
ON THE STANDING AND RESPECTABILITY OF 
THE VETERINARY SURGEON. 
By a Sporting Surgeon. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, — Having seen scattered through the various numbers of 
The Veterinarian numerous remarks upon the standing and 
respectability of the veterinary surgeon, will you allow me, as an 
unbiassed and uninterested observer, to make a few remarks 
thereon 1 Situated as I am in a populous sporting neighbourhood, 
and mixing daily with the first sportsmen in the country, I have 
observed with pain the little — the very little — social estimation in 
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