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relates the case of a mare in which the first manifestations of the 
trouble were only that the near hind leg was unable to carry any 
weight, with which the animal when standing was constantly 
striking the toe on the ground in a convulsive manner; if 
forced to stand the mare would knuckle over on the fetlock. 
There was on the inside of the femoral region a soft circum¬ 
scribed swelling, hot and painful, and below this the leg was 
cold and almost without sensation. The urine was of a deep 
yellow color, thicker than normal and highly ammoniacal. The 
off hind leg was taken in the same way the next day. The 
urine remained in the same condition and only became a little 
deeper in color towards the end of the disease. The animal 
died. The history of the case was not given to the author until 
the second dav of his attendance. The treatment consisted in 
the administration of chlorodyne, purgatives, diaphoretics and 
cannabis indica to control the convulsive spasms of the animal. 
This last was rather satisfactory.— {Vet. Record .) 
Successful Tenotomy after Median Neurectomy 
[By E. Langford\ .—This form of neurotomy is certainly gain¬ 
ing great notoriety in veterinary surgery, and it may not be sur¬ 
prising if a day will not come when it will lose the value of 
its merits, by the fact that it has been abused, and, like plantar 
neurotomy, applied even in cases where it was least needed. At 
any rate, this case is that of a cart horse, suffering with acute lame¬ 
ness due to a contracted and painful condition of the perforatus 
tendon. The animal knuckled considerably. Firing, blistering, 
and long rest failing to relieve, median neurectomy was resorted 
to. It also failed. The author then decided to perform teno¬ 
tomy ; he divided the perforans and perforatus tendons, and 
also cut the artery. The wound, however, healed well, and 
after a while the horse went to work. It does not knuckle any 
more either.—( Vet. Record 
Luxation of the Tibia and Astragalus [By A. L. 
Farrant\ .—This is an uncommon case, which the author re¬ 
cords because he has not found such a case recorded except 
once by a French author, who stated that he had obtained a 
successful reduction. Mr. Farrant has been less fortunate ; he 
had to destroy his patient. A well-bred mare bolted, and in 
turning a corner collided with a truck with such tremendous 
force that the hind legs spread laterally,whilst the body fell upon 
the near side, and the tibio-tarsal joint was completely dislo¬ 
cated. The animal struggled to its feet, however, and when 
standing the leg hung from the hock in a pendulous manner— 
