REPORTS OF CASES. 
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for a supposed slight thickening of the near fore fetlock, unac¬ 
companied by lameness. Upon examining the foot a slight oozing 
of suppuration was detected at the glome of the frog, with a punc¬ 
tured wound at the side of the frog, midway between its base and 
apex, the inner side of the sole and the frog being undermined 
with pus, the coronary structure being also somewhat swollen, evi¬ 
dently induced by accumulations of puriform matter. 
The cicatrixes of neurotomy were located rather high, and 
their presence explained why the real trouble was not suspected 
by the owner, the punctured wound undoubtedly being of some 
standing. 
Incidentally, it may be remarked that this same patient was 
brought to the notice of the hospital staff on the 17th of May last 
for a ring-bone, but refused the operation of neurotomy. Al¬ 
though every effort was made to save his foot, the case went from 
bad to worse, the separation between hair and horn increasing, 
the coronet had numerous abscesses from large pieces of the plan¬ 
tar cushion becoming gangrenous, the leg finally becoming greatly 
swollen from the foot to the elbow, temperature becoming elevated 
but the appetite throughout remaining unimpaired, and when the 
foot was about to drop off the owner consented to have him de¬ 
stroyed, which was done on the 15th of September. 
Upon post mortem examination, the subcutaneous tissue of 
the entire limb was found infiltrated with serum, the leg below 
the knee thickened by plastic deposits, the horny wall almost 
detached, the laminae detached, the inner wing of the os pedis 
necrosed, the bone fractured in two pieces in its center, the plan¬ 
tar cushion and the remainder of the tissues of the foot in a dis¬ 
integrated gangrenous condition. The navicular bone on both 
its faces covered with dark blue spots. The os coronae had a 
liberal depost of bony material, and both nerves at their point of 
excision presented a well-marked neuroma. 
COMPOUND FRACTURE OF RADIUS IN TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY, 
AMPUTATION AND RECOVERY. 
By Chas. C. McLean, V.S., (Meadville, Pa.) 
August 24, I was called to the breeding establishment of 
Messrs. C. and R. A. Stratton, at Evansburg, Penn., to see a two- 
