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FRACTURE OF THE THIRD CERVICAL VERTEBRA. 
By J. A. Nijnn, A.V.D. 
The patient, a country bred mare, was admitted into the hos¬ 
pital of the Lahore Veterinary School, on May 24th, 1885, at 
about 3:30 p.m., suffering from what was described by the owner 
as an injury to the neck. The animal had been fastened up by a 
In chain, one end of which was attached to a large log of wood, the 
other to one of the fore fetlocks. She was frightened at some¬ 
thing, ran back, and jerked the log into the air, and it, on falling 
back struck the neck, causing the injury; this was done about 
1:30 p.m. When seen there was a slight loss of power in all four 
limbs, which were straddled apart, the animal moving with a 
swinging gait and staggering as if there was a difficulty in main¬ 
taining the balance. The neck could be moved with tolerable 
freedom, but was kept turned to the left; on the right a tumor 
shout 6 inches in diameter could be felt extended over the region 
of the third vertebra. On my attempting to examine the part, 
the patient plunged violently and fell over on the right side, but 
arose again without assistance. This was repeated twice, but after 
the third time she remained down until she died, appearing partly 
paralyzed and insensible to pain. The off hind leg, the undermost 
one, was moved spasmodically from time to time, and sensation 
was much less on the near than the off side. The pupils con¬ 
tracted and expanded to light, the respirations and pulse were 
normal, and the appetite remained up till the last, but only a 
very small quantity of urine or foeces were passed when the 
patient first fell down. She died at 5 p.m., on the 25th idem, 
without a struggle,]about twenty-six hours after the accident. On 
examination, the third cervical vertebra was found to be fractured 
into a large and an infinite number of smaller pieces, some of 
which were almost in a state of powder. The spinal cord was 
uninjured but enveloped in a clot of blood inside and outside the 
theca, which was ruptured opposite the injury. The whole of the 
vessels of the brain were much engorged with dark blood, and at 
he base there was a small quantity of dark-colored serum. The 
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rracture was not displaced except the transverse process on the 
