DIVISION OF BOTH FLEXOR TENDONS IN A HORSE. 67 
It is, I think, always attributable to disturbed respiratory func- 
tions, resulting from violent exertion or otherwise. 
My treatment consists, generally, of the administration of tine, 
opii with spirit nit. eth. ; or pulv. opii with camphor. Bleeding 
is sometimes necessary, and an aperient, as circumstances may 
require. 
Quietude is indispensable in the treatment, as any excitement 
will aggravate the violence of the beating. Any sudden alarm 
will produce the spasmodic beatings after they have apparently 
subsided ; but this will gradually diminish in violence, and eventu- 
ally cease altogether. 
THE DIVISION OF BOTH FLEXOR TENDONS IN A 
HORSE. 
By Mr. Joseph Carlisle, V.S., Wigton, Cumberland . 
The subject of the operation was a four-years-old horse, the 
property of Mr. Brindale, a coach proprietor in this neighbour- 
hood, who, actuated by the feelings of humanity, purchased this 
miserable animal, and placed him under my care. 
When he arrived at my establishment, the anterior portions of 
both fetlock joints were destitute of integument from the frequent 
abrasions received from contact with the ground, in consequence 
of the joint knuckling forward. I immediately put the horse 
under the necessary preparation for the division of the tendons, — 
bleeding from the toe, purging, and proper dieting ; and, on the 
sixth day, I operated on both fore legs. 
The horse being cast, I proceeded to make a longitudinal 
section on the inner part of the leg, from above downwards, in the 
direction of the bloodvessels, about three inches in length. I 
then separated the skin from the parts, and retained it by two 
hooks until l had carefully laid aside the bloodvessels and nerve. 
I next introduced a strong steel probe between the vessels and 
tendons, and then, by flexing the limb, the tendon was elevated 
above the skin and vital parts. At this place I introduced a 
probe-pointed bistoury, and cut about half way into the tendin- 
ous substance. Then, by turning the edge of the instrument, I 
carried it the whole length of the incision made in the skin, and 
separated the tendon from the surrounding substance, making a 
longitudinal section of the tendon. I then brought the leg to the 
proper oblique line, which I accomplished over the front of my 
knee, it requiring great force to separate it from the intervening 
