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draw his near hind leg after him. The limb was drawn back¬ 
wards, and felt quite stiff, the foot and pastern fixedly flexed, 
with total loss of power of extension. I found the patella was 
dislocated outwards; which having reduced, I adopted the same 
treatment as before mentioned, and on the 23rd he was dis¬ 
charged from the hospital stable. 
June 16. Re-admitted this morning for a recurrence of the 
luxation. I replaced the bone, and ordered him to have a 
purging ball, the cold bath and evaporating lotion to the stifle ; 
and to be kept tied up. The bath and lotion were continued 
until the 25th, and then a liquid blister was applied to the stifle, 
which was once repeated. He was discharged perfectly sound 
on the 22nd of August. 
Case IV. 
Campy Mattra, Nov, 18,1825. A grey horse, eight years old, 
belonging to Captain R-’s troop, was reported to me by 
the Sergeant-Major, as being so bad with the cramp that he 
had not the least use in his near hind leg. I found the patella 
dislocated outwards, the limb being stretched out behind him, 
and quite stiff, when moved dragging the foot and pastern (which 
were very much flexed) along the ground. Having reduced it, 
I ordered him to be tied up, so that he could not lie down, and 
the same treatment had recourse to as in the foregoing cases. 
On the 19th, owing to the badness of our ground of encamp¬ 
ment, together with the scarcity of water, the regiment marched 
to Panu Gunge, a distance of between four and five miles, which 
he performed extremely well. He remained on the Sick Report 
until the 29th, when he was discharged, and did not experience 
any further inconvenience. 
Case V. 
Camp, Bhtirtpoor, Feb. 4, 1826. When in the field, before 
the Fortress of Bhurtpoor, I had occasion to visit the Camp of 
the 16th Lancers, on the opposite side of the fort. 
Previous to taking my departure, I was requested by the Ve¬ 
terinary Surgeon of the regiment to look at a horse belonging 
to an officer of the same corps, which he stated he had cas¬ 
trated about a week before, ever since which he had been exces¬ 
sively lame. Prior to my seeing the horse, he observed it was a 
very extraordinary case, and one that he could not at all make 
out; but looked upon it, as a case of lameness arising from ex¬ 
posure to cold, having had several similarly affected. 
