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W. .T. TORRANCE. 
to hook to a cart, and then would suddenly fall dead lame after 
going- about a mile. 
Symptoms .—No heat in any part of limb, would never point 
over two inches, if at all, never raised the heels, straightened 
his pastern, or relaxed his fetlock, but at times held the foot 
slightly outwards ; was sound on a very slow walk, and pain¬ 
fully lame on a trot, especially down hill or in a circle; hard 
or soft ground did not affect the lameness. He would stand 
upon the lame limb alone without indicating pain ; would lift 
the foot in backing, and had no symptoms of “circumscribed 
hepatitis-.” The gait was an adduction of the elbow with the 
greatest amount of “ inside circumduction ” of the lower limb 
in advancement that I ever witnessed. The feet were uniform 
in all their measurements and angles, and devoid of heat or 
tenderness, no matter how or how often tested. There was 
always a quivering of the panniculus along the inner border 
of the coraco-radials (perhaps due to previous treatment) and 
an increased sensitiveness to the electrical current. 
I ventured to locate the lameness in the pectoral muscles, 
and could in no other way account for the extreme amount of 
inside circumduction in progression. During fourteen months 
the muscles of the limb had not wasted appreciably, and no 
manner of flexion and extension would yield positive results. 
After treating the animal with firing, blistering, escharotic 
and vessicant setons, etc., etc., with long rest, he trotted sound 
for about a week, and then suddenly went dead lame again, 
when I gave him up as a “ gone goose.” 
During this time I had told the owner about the “cocaine 
test,” but thought it foolish to try it upon so sure a case of 
shoulder-lameness as this. The horse staid lame and got 
worse, and the owner coaxed me to try the “ cocaine test ” 
before killing the animal. I did so reluctantly, and eight min¬ 
utes after injecting it he trotted sound under all tests, and 
continued to do so for an hour and a half. 
I neurotomized the limb that afternoon, sent the horse 
home sound gaited, and he stays that way. 
Thus it will seem that an injection of cocaine decides in 
eight minutes the fate of an animal for eighteen months pain- 
