NEURECTOMY AS A PRACTIAL OPERATION. 
533 
i 
i 
5 
16 
20 
37 
3 years 
4 “ 
5 “ 
6 “ 
7 “ 
8 “ 
30 
5 
23 
n 
a 
6 
. 9 years. 
.10 “ 
.11 “ 
.12 “ 
.13 “ 
.14 “ 
Aged 15. 
Distribution of the sexes : 
14 
5 
1 
7 
1 
a 
Gelding 
Mare... 
Stallion 
Mule... 
Pony.. . 
15 years. 
16 “ 
17 “ 
18 “ 
19 “ 
20 “ 
154 
5 ° 
2 
12 
1 
1 
Total 
231 
Diseases requiring operation : 
Navicular arthritis 
r One foot, 
j Both feet 
Ringbone. 
Sidebone. 
Fractured navicular bone. 
“ second phalanx 
Punctured sole. 
Enlarged flexor tendons .. 
Laminitis (acute). 
‘ ‘ (chronic). 
2 5 
5 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Total 
231 
Period of soundness or service, and termination of the 89 
high operations. Most of them, even some of the oldest, are so 
at the present time : 
Navicular arthritis, 68 cases : 
I. 
1. 
. 9 months. 
I. 
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1. 
. 8 
3 . 
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2 . 
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5 . 
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1. 
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3 . 
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