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The horse in question had been purchased by an Irishman, a 
coal-carter, for, we believe, 30s., the seller supposing him in¬ 
curable. He was brought to the Edinburgh Veterinary School, 
and operated on with the best prospect of success, and was so 
well in six or seven weeks, that he was sold for £10, and imme¬ 
diately put to regular hard work, contrary to the advice given ; 
for it was stated that he should be gently used until the leg 
had got a little more strength. Almost as a matter of course 
the limb, in its weak state, received a fresh injury. He was 
driven on by the new master; he got worse, and the sinews, 
as in all cases of strain, where such abuse exists, became 
gradually contracted. But although in this case, fiom the 
animal being in the possession of individuals who cared not what 
became of him, provided they could make an immediate profit 
of him, either by sale or by cruel treatment, little permanent good 
was done, it must not be supposed that this happens with every 
one ; for it has been found that the greater number of those which 
have been operated on are able to do their work for years after. A 
horse, belonging to one of the proprietors of the stage-waggon 
which travels between Edinburgh and Newcastle, Mr. Andeison, 
of Channel Kirk, travelled nearly six years in the waggon after 
the operation; another, belonging to Mr. Bartholomew, of 
Greendykes, a farmer, about twelve miles west from Edinburgh, 
continued to do his work for nearly a similar period; and, 
in both cases, without any appearance of contraction again taking 
place. Many others have done equally well; but we do not 
remember, at present, any who continued as long as those men¬ 
tioned, for after diseases cut them off. The success of this opera¬ 
tion, like all others, depends upon the selection of proper cases ; 
for it must be known that there are some that do not admit of a 
fair expectation of success by this means. Those which depend 
upon disease of the bones of the pastern, in which, perhaps, the 
coffin or pastern, or fetlock-joints are anchylosed, are very apt 
to go wrong again, because the operation does not give lelief to 
those parts; and in cases where the contiaction is but slight, 
especially in the hind legs, there is often a great degree of weak¬ 
ness produced from the difficulty of keeping the fetlock in the 
proper position. There are cases also of contraction of the 
