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step the animal takes, but when he is stopped the articulation 
gradually straightens, the shoulder is again placed in close 
apposition to the body, the leg is in its proper position, and 
nothing unusual appears to have happened. On the least 
motion of the body, even without any flexion of the affected 
limb, the same symptoms recur. Manipulations show, even 
if the articulation be not affected, that a few hours after the 
injury a painful swelling of the internal part of the shoulder 
has taken place. There is likewise some slight febrile action 
present. From eight to ten days usually elapse before the 
swelling disappears, but the intensity of the lameness does 
not much decrease until the fifteenth day. In from thirty- 
five to forty-five days the cure is effected, but the shoulder 
still turns slightly outwards in progression. The treatment 
should consist principally in absolute rest, and cold appli- 
cations to the parts. 
A TUMOUR ON THE HAUNCH, SUPPOSED TO BE PRODUCED 
BY MECHANICAL INJURY. 
The subject of this case was an eight-year-old horse. 
The tumour had been observed situated in the muscles of the 
haunch a month previously, during which time he had been 
under treatment. When left at the infirmary of the school, the 
information obtained was that some mischievous children had 
amused themselves by introducing small pieces of wood into 
the rectum of the horse, and that some time afterwards the 
tumour was discovered. At the lowest point of the sacrum 
a fistula existed, which extended towards the pelvis, and 
terminated at the point of the ischium. It contained healthy 
pus, but which did not escape easily from the aperture. No 
lameness existed, and the general state of health was 
satisfactory. By an exploration per rectum , it was found that 
the mucous coat of the bowel was thickened and hardened, 
and that at about twenty centimetres from the anus, a raised 
edge or border, forming a kind of stricture existed. The 
treatment adopted was to enlarge the opening of the fistula, 
and inject detergents. A seton was likewise passed through 
the sinus. After the use of these means for ten or twelve 
days, it was found necessary to lay the whole extent of the 
fistula open. This produced a copious haemorrhage, which 
was, however, easily stopped by the actual cautery. The 
fistula was invested throughout by a pus-forming membrane, 
beneath which was a dense tissue. By the treatment adopted 
