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ROBERT DICKSON. 
more or less anchylosis, very lame, only touching the toe on 
walking and unable to trot. Operated on March io, 1900; 
improvement slow for about two months, when he was able to 
trot and work, but still showed some lameness in trotting, due 
to anchylosis or mechanical lameness. 
No. III .—Bay gelding, six years old ; small spavin, very 
slight enlargement. Operation May 16, 1900; cicatrization 
complete in two weeks, with no improvement in lameness. 
Being a work horse, was put to slow work, and two months 
from the time of operating was going sound, and is at the pres¬ 
ent time. 
No. IV .—Brown gelding, eight years old ; high, prominent 
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spavin. Fired and blistered twice during past year, with only 
temporary relief; operated on Jan. 6, 1901, when very lame ; 
cicatrization complete in ten days and going sound; is at pres¬ 
ent only receiving light exercise, and shows no lameness. Am 
unable to say what he will do when put to work. 
No. V .—Black gelding, ten years old, lame for the past three 
years ; large low spavin, with only a part of the groove in¬ 
volved. Operated on July 21, 1900. After recovering from 
the operation showed decided improvement, and has maintained 
the improvement since that time, being able to work every day, 
and now seems to continue to improve slowly. 
No. VI .—Black pony, five years old, lame since a three- 
year-old and unable to work ; a high spavin involving the 
whole extent of the groove ; operated on May 10, 1900 ; on 
trotting immediately after the operation went sound, and has 
continued to work and go sound since that date. 
One point upon which I am cloudy is, does the spavin en¬ 
large after the operation as a result of the traumatic periostitis? 
In three cases I believe a slight increase in development fol¬ 
lowed, in the others it did not. 
“ I consider the Review invaluabee, and would not 
think of doing without it after taking it one year.”— Geo. H. 
Glover , D. V. M ., Denver , Col. 
