532 
S. J. J. HARGER. 
LOW NEURECTOMY.— Continued. 
96. Mare. 
Navic. 
Operat’n, Feb., ’92. 
& ( C C Cl 
Permanent. Not lame. 
2 y 2 years. 
97. “ 
Low ringbone. 
August, ’94, very slightly lame. 
Serviceable. 
Permanent. Not lame. 
•2% years. 
2 % years. 
98. Mule. 
Navic. 
C C C ( C ( 
99. Geld. 
“ Mar., 1892. 
Unsuccessful. 
100. Mare. 
“ Apr., 1892. 
Slightly lame, but serviceable. 
2 years. 
iox. Geld. 
It c c cc 
Slightly lame. 
102. Mare. 
c c c c cc 
Still lame. 
IO3. “ 
cc cc cc 
Sound six months when sold. 
104. Geld. 
“ Mar., 1893. 
Sound eight months. 
8 months. 
105. 
“ Nov., 1893. 
Permanently sound. 
1 year. 
106. “ 
“ (double) 
“ Aug., 1893. 
Ct CC 
2 years. 
107. “ 
C C C t 
“ May, 1892. 
Not Quite sound. 
2 years. 
108. Mare. 
c c c c c c 
Perfectly sound. 
2 years. 
iog. Geld. 
“ Aug., 2892. 
Serviceable. 
2 years. 
no. “ 
“ June, 1893. 
No improvement. 
in. 
“ July, 1893. 
Sound ten months. Trotted many 
races. 
10 months. 
1x2, “ 
CC 
“ Oct., 1893. 
Sound. 
x year. 
For the collection of the statistics which form the basis of 
this paper, I am in a great measure indebted to some of my 
professional friends, among whom I take pleasure to mention 
Drs. Budd, Eves, Felton, Harker, Hart, Hinebauch, Michener, 
Muir, McKillip, Ridge, Rodgers, Schreiber, Sellers, Sensemen, 
Charles Williams, and W. L. Williams, most of whom share my 
opinion in this operation. I have requested these gentlemen to 
select their cases, good, bad, or indifferent, irrespective of the 
results, and have endeavored to collect them in such a manner 
as one would meet them in a general practice. The tables con¬ 
tain 231 cases, and indicate the disease, the time of operation, 
the result, and the termination when such is known’ All cases 
date prior to January 1, 1894. Let me say these do not repre¬ 
sent the whole of the favorable results, because many are recent, 
the animals are still sound or serviceable and may remain so for 
some years. Thus a case which in the table is of one year or 
two year’s duration, and still sound may, if followed, be found 
to remain so for two or three years longer. This must be taken 
into consideration in formulating conclusions"*. 
Of the 231 operations, 128 are digital (low), and 103 plantar 
(high). In 226 of them, the age of animals was as follows : 
* The author does not consider the word sound in its technical sense. 
