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EXTRACTION OF A FORK 
upright, until, at length, the fetlock became so overshot that he 
was rendered quite useless, and was condemned to the dogs. 
He had not been in work for upwards of two months, and for the 
last three weeks he had been at grass, where the leg had become 
worse, and from the inconvenience he had in reaching the ground, 
he was nearly starved. He was brought with difficulty seven or 
eight miles, going completely on his toe, and occasionally tum¬ 
bling over on his fetlock. On the 30th December, I divided 
the tendons : the part was dressed as a common wound; and in 
about seven weeks, as he walked pretty well, I lent him to a 
neighbour to work in a cart. Here he continued for about six 
weeks, occasionally working hard on bad roads, when he became 
lame of the other leg (which, however, was rather upright 
before). He was worked a fortnight after this. The near leg 
stood sound, but the lameness in the off leg, and the pain and 
swelling of the tendons, increased, and he became nearly as 
overshot as he had been on the near leg. Wishing to try the 
effect of dividing the perforatus alone, I did so, and it enabled 
me to put the limb sufficiently straight; but the animal stood in 
much pain, and I found, in the course of a few days, that the 
joint was again becoming perpendicular, from being rested. 
I therefore, before the wound closed, divided the perforans. In 
so doing, I found the substance of the tendon quite red, and it 
bled freely, shewing that, in an inflamed state, the sinews are 
abundantly furnished with red blood. The horse was much 
longer recovering the use and strength of the off, than he had 
been of the near leg, arising, I imagine, from the parts having 
been more actively inflamed. I kept him for about ten weeks, 
and then sent him a distance of 45 miles, where he was turned 
out for a month, and then taken to plough. At this work he has 
continued for the last nine weeks, working every day. I saw 
him about three weeks since, and found the legs quite firm, and 
free from all inflammation. 
EXTRACTION OF A FORK FROM THE ABDOMEN 
OF A DOG. 
By M. Norrit, K a S'. 14 th Chasseurs . 
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On the 18th of October, 1833, a large hound, belonging to 
M. Terris, Professor of the College of Libourne, swallowed a 
bone, which stuck at the upper part of the oesophagus, at the 
back of the pharynx, and caused violent efforts by the dog to 
get rid of it. M. Tessier vainly attempted to make it descend 
into the stomach, by pressing with his hand in a direction from 
