FRACTURES OF THE OS SUFFRAGINIS AND THE HUMERUS. 735 
well, knowing that there are no persons so apt to ridicule 
veterinary surgeons as farriers, nor any persons so deserving 
of it from the latter as themselves; and so it is, as the scale 
descends, that politeness and even civility decreases. But I 
am digressing. At the earnest intreaty of the gentleman and 
his sporting friends, I undertook the case. 
The treatment was as follows: I had the animal placed in 
slings; I then obtained the aid of a saddler, who, by my 
instructions, made some harness of strong canvas. It con¬ 
sisted of two pieces, which met between the fore legs, and on 
' the top of the withers. At both of these divisions they w^re 
padded and laced with a leather thong. The lacings ex¬ 
tended from the one extremity of the sternum to the other, 
and of a corresponding length on top. The canvas reached 
as far as the middle of the radius downwards on each leg, 
inside of which it was again laced to meet that upon the 
sternum. Outside of the canvas, upon the injured shoulder, 
and placed in the position of the humerus, and over it was a 
board an inch in thickness, rounded at its ends and sides, 
and properly secured by an extra sheath of canvas. 
I now^ found that I had perfect pow’er to reduce the 
fracture hy pressure, and also that the animal w^as unable to 
displace the bones. 
She remained in the slings and harness until August l7th, 
when she w^as released. 
A gentleman afterwards purchased her. In due course 
she foaled, and £100 w^as offered for the foal when three years 
old. The mare is still living, and continues to breed. I 
frequently see her; the action of the injured limb is a little 
shorter than that of the other, but her pace is not im¬ 
peded. 
Case 3rd, 1863, May 13th.—A cart mare, four years old, 
when galloping across a level meadowq fractured the near 
fore os suffraginis, w^hich fracture I found to be transversely 
oblique. The treatment w’as the same as in Case No. 1; and 
the animal was turned into a barn-mow, where she remained 
for three w'eeks, when she wm turned out to grass. 
August 21st.—Up to this date she has continued to im¬ 
prove. I now removed the greater part of the appliances. 
October 5th.—She w^as shod, and has since continued 
to wmrk free from inconvenience, although the limb is not 
quite upright, but she can gallop upon the turf as w^ell as she 
could before the accident. 
