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REPORTS OF CASES. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
American Veterinary College—Hospital Department. 
RUPTURE OF THE SUPERIOR ATTACHMENT OF THE TWO CORAIb 
RADIALIS MUSCLES—REMARKABLE POSITION ASSUMED AS A 
RESULT. 
By E. Nesbit, D.Y.S., House Surgeon. 
Through the kindness of Prof. J. L. Robertson, we 
were presented with a bay gelding about fourteen years 
of age, accompanied by the following history: He had 
been owned by the Standard Oil Co., of this city, from 
the spring of 1888 till the time of his destruction, which oc¬ 
curred June 11, 1891. During this time he had never been 
known to be sick or lame. Had been used as a truck horse, 
having the same care as the other horses in the same stable. 
Some time during last January he was suddenly taken lame 
and stiff in both fore extremities, the apparent seat of which 
was in the shoulders, which were swollen, and when manipu¬ 
lated, pain was evinced. 
A diagnosis of rheumatism was made and the ordinary 
mode of treatment adopted. The appetite remained good 
for four or five weeks and then gradually failed, and he never 
fully regained it, although he began to improve, so far as his 
rheumatism was concerned ; so much so, in fact, that he was 
occasionally used to do light work, the lameness having sub¬ 
sided, and he seemed to be in good condition except his poor 
appetite. 
On the morning of May 11th he was driven from his 
stable on Forty-sixth street, apparently in good condition, to 
Thirty-seventh street, a distance of about one-half of a mile, 
when he suddenly stopped and when urged to move was 
found unable to do so, having lost all control over his ante¬ 
rior extremities, although he remained standing. An ambu¬ 
lance conveyed him to the stable and here he was placed in 
slings. From that time he began to emaciate very rapidly. 
In health he weighed nearly 1400 lbs., and when destroyed 
1100, showing a loss of from 250 to 300 lbs. 
