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FRACTURE OF THE SCAPULA. 
2d ,—A little better; but still pushes her head occasionally 
against the wall. I again blistered her head, and continued the 
clysters. On this day, for the first time, she began to see a little. 
After that she rapidly got better, and is now doing well. 
FRACTURE OF THE INTERNAL PLATE OF THE 
SCAPULA. 
% ill. Delaguette. 
When the regiments of the Imperial Guard marched to Roch- 
fort, on their way to Spain, I was desired to look at the horse of 
one of the troopers, that had its shoulder very much swelled. 
I immediately visited him, and found that his left shoulder pro¬ 
jected in an extraordinary manner. There was no enlargement 
on the external face, but it appeared to be forced from the body 
by a considerable tumour between the scapula and the ribs. 
There was no lesion at all externally, and I did not know how to 
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account for what I saw. The dragoon told me that his horse 
was quite well in the morning, and was not in the slightest de¬ 
gree lame, and that it was only three quarters of a league before 
he arrived at Rochfort, that he had begun to go lame; that the 
shoulder had then begun to swell, and that it was with the greatest 
difficulty that he could get him to his journey’s end. 
On moving the limb in various directions, and applying my 
ear to the shoulder, I could distinguish a very obscure crepitus. 
I reported, that I considered the horse to have fractured the bone 
of the shoulder, and I had orders to destroy him. 
On examining him after death, my prognosis was justified. 
I found the shoulder forced from the walls of the chest by a 
great quantity of blood effused into the cellular tissue, while a 
portion of the inner plate of the scapula, about three inches 
square, and at the dorsal angle, was detached from the body of 
the bone, and had produced the hsemorrhage by tearing the 
muscles and bloodvessels. 
The days were short, and the horse could not rest himself unless 
at night. Our march was a forced one ; we set out before day¬ 
break. I was alone, and had the care of 800 horses, and con¬ 
sequently was fully occupied and thoroughly fatigued. This 
prevented me from making the accurate examination I could 
have wished. I was desirous to ascertain what had been the 
cause of this extraordinary fracture, and if it was of recent date; 
but I was compelled to satisfy myself with merely guessing at 
the thing, and went to attend on other horses. 
Journal, Dec, 1834. 
