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mortifying away. The injury had then been inflicted about a 
fortnight; the cat seemed in great pain, in consequence of the 
gangrenous state of the limb, was very feverish, and had wasted 
considerably. After a careful examination I concluded that 
nothing short of amputating the limb would save the animaFs 
life. Accordingly next day, aided by an assistant, I placed the 
cat under chloroform and proceeded to operate, firstly placing a 
torniquet tightly round the limb immediately under the elbow 
joint. Half an inch above the fracture, on both inside and outside 
of the radius, I passed a scalpel, cutting outwards, and downwards, 
dividing all structures from the bones outwards and then with a 
fine small saw completed the amputation. I next ligatured the 
radial artery, wrapped the severed ends of muscles over the 
stumps of bones left and finished my operation by approximating 
the edges of skin over the lot and there maintaining them with 
two sutures. A dash of cold water then revive the patient and 
he was kept in close quarters with light food for three or four 
days. At the end of that time I examined the stump of limb, 
found that healing, of a healthy nature was taking place and re¬ 
moved the sutures. The cat was then allowed to roam about as 
he pleased and speedily accommodated himself to progression on 
three legs. I troubled no more with the case for some weeks, 
when I found sound healing had quite taken place, leaving only a 
small cicatrix where the skin had been sutured over the stump. 
The cat had again got very fat, trotted about the house with no 
difficulty and had been even attempting to catch mice. 
AN INTERESTING CASE. 
By W. P. Robins, V.S. 
I take the liberty of again sending you an interesting case 
which occurred in my practice here and which may be instructive. 
About a month ago I was called by telegram to a small town 
west of this place to see a horse, which I found had been suffering 
from an unaccountable malady for nearly two days. The first 
