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with some degree of tenderness. I 'made the gentleman ac¬ 
quainted with the nature of the case, (which did not much 
lessen his alarm), and immediately set about reducing it in the 
following manner. 
An assistant having carried the limb forwards and upwards, 
towards the abdomen, in order to extend as much as possible 
the stifle-joint, I applied my hand to the outer angle of the 
patella, which, in the act of depressing and at the same time 
'gently forcing forwards and upwards, the extensor muscles 
suddenly drew into its proper situation, and the horse w^alked 
out of the stable perfectly sound. 
The after-treatment consisted simply in administering a ca¬ 
thartic, using the cold bath and evaporating lotion to the stifle; 
with strict injunctions that he should be kept as quiet as pos¬ 
sible, and not allowed to lie down for at least a fortnight. At 
the expiration of three weeks he resumed his accustomed exer¬ 
cise, without experiencing any inconvenience whatever from the 
accident. 
Case IL 
Meerat, Oct. 27, 1824. Captain--—, of the 11th Dra¬ 
goons, sent for me on the evening of the 27th of Oct. 1824, to 
see a chesnut colt, four years old, belonging to himj which he 
stated in his note, was so lame that they could not get him out 
of the stall, or rather box in which he was standing. 
On visiting him, I found the patella dislocated outwards, ac¬ 
companied with precisely the same symptoms as detailed in the 
preceding case. I immediately set about affecting a reduction 
of it, in the manner I have already described, which I had no 
sooner accomplished than it was immediately displaced again ; 
the same thing occurring half a dozen times within the space of 
ten minutes ; so that I had almost begun to despair of keeping 
it in its place at all; when to my satisfaction, by retaining it 
there for some time after reduction, all was left well. 
He was kept tied up about a fortnight (subjected to the same 
treatment as the former case), at the expiration of which time, 
being in training he resumed his gallops, without showing any 
sign whatever of lameness. 
Case III. 
Meeratf May 6, 1825. A dun horse, belonging to Captain 
C--troop, was reported to me by the Farrier-Major as 
being so lame (apparently from cramp) that he could scarcely 
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