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GEORGE FLEMING. 
Second Observation. —This patient was a bay gelding, eigji 
years old, who had had springhalt since March, 1884. When \ 
was seen in October of the same year, it was observed that will 
at rest, the heels were elevated and somewhat contracted. T; 
cartilages had lost their elasticity, and were curved forward i 
their superior border. In action, the horse had well mark! 
springhalt, principally in the left leg, the right seeming to be ii 
a normal condition. 
Treatment. —Both hind feet having been unshod and propej 
pared, the Watrin shoes were placed on them and the animal \\ 
returned to his work. A year after lie was entirely free frc 
springhalt; cure was complete and he moved naturally and easil 
Third Observation. —A gray mare, ten years old, had spritl 
halt badly in both legs. She was seen in June, 1883, at whi 
time her hind feet were elongated, her quarters depressed sic 
wise, and her heels contracted. The median lacuna of the fr< 
was gone, and the space filled with a sebaceous secretion of . 
offensive odor. The lateral cartilages were indurated and thick 
than usual, their superior border resting on the posterior face j: 
thesecond phalant. In action sudden springhalts in both legs w 
developed to such extent that the anterior face of the feet stru 
the flanks of the animal. 
Treatment. —The shoes were removed and feet properly pare 
and clay poultices directed for eight days, Watrin shoes and 
bath and walking exercises were ordered, and a month afterwa 
the animal was returned to work. She was lost sight of and n 
seen again until eighteen months had elapsed, when no alterati- 
in the action could be detected; only the lesion of the medi: 
lacuna of the frog remained, for which proper treatment w 
directed. 
DR. GEORGE FLEMING^ 
(By Dr. Wm. Herbert Lowe, of Paterson, N. J., State Veterinary Inspect 
Gentlemen of the Veterinary Medical Association of New Jersey 
Permit me to ask your attention to a letter which, although I 
cannot be regarded as part of the correspondence of the societ 
