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CASE OF DISLOCATION OF THE CERVICAL 
VERTEBRiE. 
By Mr. W. C. Spooner, F./S’., Blandford. 
Sometime last summer I was sent for to attend a cart mare, 
a few miles from this town, that had received an injury in the 
course of the night. On my arrival, I found that the mare had 
entangled her head under the manger, between the wall and the 
post that supported the manger; and, in her attempts to extricate 
herself, had got her head under her, and dislocated her neck. 
She presented a very dreadful 
appearance; her neck was bent 
in the form of an arch, as repre¬ 
sented in the figure, which is sup¬ 
posed to be a bird’s-eye view. 
Her head Wc\s hanging down almost 
to the ground, from which she could 
only raise it a few inches. On 
making her walk, she moved round 
in a circular direction, correspond¬ 
ing to the distorted shape of the 
neck. The side of the neck that 
had been rendered convex was 
much lacerated and injured. Her 
fever was very great, her pulse 
being upwards of ninety. On 
moving her neck in a lateral di¬ 
rection, the fulcrum of motion ap¬ 
peared to be between the fifth and sixth vertebra, pointing out 
the seat of injury. 
I conceived that the spinal marrow was extensively injured, 
and that the case was hopeless; but, as the owner was agreeable, 
I was willing to try what could be done. I bled her largely from 
the arms (being unable to do so from either jugular vein), and 
administered a dose of physic. I then had some deal splints 
made, and bound them to the neck as well as I could by means 
of bandages. The lacerations were dressed, and ordered to be 
kept frequently wetted with cold lotions. 
On the second day, the mare appeared much the same: the 
fever was very high; the physic had operated, but the head, 
owing to its position, had swollen considerably. The splints 
were adjusted ; cold lotions repeated; a fever ball ordered to be 
given every six hours; and the swelling of the head relieved by 
numerous lancet punctures. This treatment was continued. 
On the fourth day I still had no expectation of the mare’s re- 
