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take place and in just thirty-one days he went back to the 
track, weighing at least one hundred pounds more than 
when he came to the hospital. Apparently, he was all right 
except that the piece which was broken was a trifle lower 
than the rest of the jaw, but to a casual observer it is not 
noticeable at all, and he has been worked ever since. 
Case II.—On the afternoon of May 6th I was called to 
one of the largest stables in our city to see a horse that had 
become lame while being driven that afternoon. 
From a history of the case I learned that a very responsi¬ 
ble party had been driving the horse, and in crossing the 
street car track he very suddenly became lame. The driver 
got out, supposing it to be nothing more than a rock in the 
foot or that he had picked up a nail, but finding nothing of 
the kind, got back into the buggy and the horse went off on 
three legs. Not being far from the stable the driver man¬ 
aged to get him home. When I arrived I found a large 
sorrel gelding fourteen years old, holding up his right front 
foot. Upon examinatian I found a longitudinal fracture of 
the os suffraginis. We placed the animal in slings and had 
the parts fomented with hot water for an hour or more three 
times a day and applied anodyne liniments for three days. 
When the swelling was somewhat reduced, we applied splints 
and a plaster of paris cast. We left him in the slings six 
weeks, and when we took him out he threw considerable 
weight on the fractured leg. We then let him run in a pad 
dock continuously, where he improved very fast. He has 
now almost entirely recovered, there being still a slight en¬ 
largement of the fetlock joint. 
Case 111 .—On July 13th I was called to see a colt that 
the man said had become hurt in some way during the night, 
and was very lame. Upon arrival I found a bay colt four 
months old. When he tried to move he would drag his off 
hind leg, apparently having no control over it whatever. I 
examined it and found an oblique fracture of the shaft of the 
femur. 
We placed the little fellow in a cart that chanced to be at 
hand, and brought him to the hospital, where we rigged up a 
