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and, a little time afterwards, attempted to return the gut. The 
hernia renewed itself many times, and M. L. was constrained to 
manufacture a kind of bandage, in order to retain the intestine in 
its place. The application of this bandage, which, except at cer- 
tain intervals, confined the intestine during several days, favoured 
the settlement of the parts, and a cure was insensibly effected. 
“ 5, 6, 7, and 8, are cases of luxation of the patella of the horse . 
Three of these accidents were of recent date — the other had existed 
fifteen days. M. Lacoste effected a reduction of the luxation in 
the ordinary way, which consisted in bringing the leg forward, 
and pushing back the patella in a direction upwards and inwards. 
Blisters were then applied, which produced considerable swelling. 
This should always be effected in these cases, and in the develop- 
ment of which alone we can hope to obtain a complete cure. 
“9. Luxation of the cervical vertebrce. — A horse, having his 
halter round his neck, was loose in his stable. On the following 
morning he was found lying on the floor of the stable, with his left 
foot entangled in the halter — the neck bent, and fixed in a direction 
towards the left fore-arm. M. Lacoste, having examined the ani- 
mal, said that there was luxation of the cervical vertebrae. Unfor- 
tunately he was not able to be present at the autopsy of the patient, 
who was destroyed on account of his age, his long service, and 
his little value. 
“ 10. Luxation or fracture of the femur.— This occurred to a filly 
two years and a-half old, already ill, and unable to rise without 
assistance, and who, in endeavouring to get up, fell on her hind 
quarters, the right leg slipping along the ground. The young ani- 
mal remained down, and lost all use of this leg. A veterinary sur- 
geon, after an examination of the parts, pronounced that there was 
luxation of the head of the femur, or, more probably, fracture of 
the head of that bone. After this vague diagnosis, he got her up, 
placed a blister on the coxo-femoral joint — the union of the head of 
the femur with the acetabulum of the os-innominatum — and had her 
led into a meadow close by. The thigh began to waste away, and 
the lameness remained, but, after awhile, the animal was able to 
do some slow work, and became, to a certain degree, useful. M. 
Lacoste, who afterwards saw the animal, expressed his opinion that 
it was a case of luxation, but this is scarcely credible, considering 
the construction of this joint. 
“11. Fracture of the os innominatum. — A mare that was under- 
going an examination as to the existence of roaring, backed vio- 
lently, fell on her right side, and then made a sudden effort to rise. 
Immediately after the accident she was slightly lame, and that 
lameness daily increased. She was turned into a loose-box — bled, 
and put on a restricted diet — and, soon afterwards, a blister was ap- 
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