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verse process; The Fifth assumes somewhat of the character 
of the first piece of the sacrum, and has four surfaces for arti¬ 
culation on its transverse processes ; two anteriorly, opposed to 
those on the fourth; two posteriorly, adapted to similar sur¬ 
faces on the sacrum. 
DISEASES OF HORSES IN INDIA. 
% C. P ERcivALL, late Veterinary Surgeouy His Majesty's Wth 
Light Dragoons. 
IT is with much pleasure I avail myself of the opportunity which 
now offers through the medium of the Veterinarian’’ of sub¬ 
mitting for the perusal of the Profession the subjoined cases of 
Dislocation; an accident, although very common in the human 
subject, I believe in the horse (at least so far as my own ob¬ 
servation has extended) to be confined to one bone; and even 
in this single instance (from the fact of its not having been no- ' 
ticed by any of our Veterinary Writers, with the exception of 
the Author of the Elementary Veterinary Lectures”) appear¬ 
ing unknown to practitioners in general: circumstances which 
induce me to tender them for insertion in your Journal. Hav¬ 
ing, in the course of my professional avocations met with no 
less than eight cases, and five of them within the space of little 
more than two years, during my residence in India, I am .in¬ 
clined to believe dislocation to be much more frequent than 
English Practitioners in that country are probably aware : at 
all events, of more frequent occurrence in India than in England; 
probably arising from the peculiar manner in which not only 
troop-horses, but horses generally are tied up, whether in camp 
or cantonments; of which it may not be amiss to preface the 
cases with a brief description. 
In the fore part of the stall, on either side, is driven into the 
ground a strong wooden peg, about two feet long; and to each 
of these pegs is made fast a rope or side-line coming from the 
collar: in this manner is the head confined. Similar pegs to 
those already mentioned are driven into the ground fifteen or 
twenty feet distant from the hind legs, to which two strong 
ropes are fastened, coming from leathern straps encircling the 
hind pasterns, and secured within the hollow of the heel ; the 
straps being padded and lined to prevent their chafing or rub¬ 
bing off the hair. 
