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Ars veterinaria post mediciiiam secunda est.— Vlgetius. 
CASE OF RUPTURE OF THE PERFORANS TENDONS. 
By Mr. R. Pritchard, V. S., Wolverhampton. 
A bay cart horse, six years old, the property of Messrs. Joseph 
and Samuel Norton, of this town, was attacked on the morning* 
of the 10th of February last, with acute inflammation in all four 
feet. He had not been at work for some weeks previous to this, 
in consequence of lameness in the near hind leg, and had (from 
the information I obtained) been stabled at night, and occa¬ 
sionally turned into the field during the day; his feed, hay with 
wet bran. In the course of this lame period no reference to the 
state of his feet had been made, the shoes remaining on some 
eight weeks; and his soles had become morbidly strong from 
want of paring. On the morning of the 10th he was sent to 
work. 1 he w aggoner observed him a little lame in the off fore 
leg, but not so much so as to prevent his taking him on his jour¬ 
ney; but by the time he had travelled tw o miles on one of our 
public roads, the horse appeared as if suddenly attacked by 
some disease, which apparently robbed him of the use of his 
limbs, to use the man's expression to me ; and he was consequently 
obliged to leave him on the road. I was requested to attend 
him; and on examination found his feet to be the seat of acute 
inflammation. He was standing upon his legs, and had not 
made one attempt to lie down. It was with great difficulty he 
was made to move, and w hen he did his agony was very much 
increased. His suffering appeared of the most excruciating de¬ 
scription: his pulse was quick and hard; his eyes red, full, and 
watery ; every external part felt hot; the plantar arteries beating 
w ith considerable force; a panting respiration, w ith large drops of 
perspiration rapidly following each other from his belly, sheath, 
and thighs. It here was a painful necessity to compel him to 
return home the tw o miles he had come, notwithstanding the 
agony and consequent mischief the journey was calculated to 
produce, as we could get no convenience for his reception. On 
his arrival at home he did not appear so much the worse for his 
walk as I had anticipated he would have done. His pulse was 
somewhat quicker, mouth parched, tongue dry; refuses all food, 
but drinks with avidity. To trouble your pages with a full de¬ 
tail of the treatment and symptoms throughout, l consider uu- 
