“DROPPED ELBOW IN THE HORSE.” 
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mentioned, presented well-marked signs of osteo-porosis, was, 
although against my advice, sent to the country, and, strange 
as it may seem, in four months’ time the affected limb had 
completely recovered ; and, while the enlargement of the lower 
inaxillary and facial bones still remained, the animal’s general 
health appeared to be good, and he showed none of the char¬ 
acteristic constitutional symptoms of osteo-porosis. Unfortu¬ 
nately the owner disposed of his horse at this time, and I lost 
all track of him. 
Since that time, although constantly engaged in active prac¬ 
tice, I have not met with a single case of dropped hock, but 
have seen a few cases of dropped elbow, such as described by 
Dr. Hanshew. Remembering my experience with Case No. 4, of 
dropped point of hock, these shoulder-lame horses were placed 
under treatment, such as is commonly employed, and all of 
them made good, serviceable recoveries in from two to four 
months’ time. 
From these cases the interesting question arises : Is it pos¬ 
sible for the gastrocnemius muscle of the hind leg, and for the 
triceps extensor brachii of the shoulder, when ruptured or torn 
away from their attachments to the bones, to unite or form ad¬ 
hesions with adjacent structures of sufficient strength to bear 
the animal’s weight, and cause no lameness or inconvenience 
under the conditions in which the last-named cases were placed ? 
or did we have simply paralysis of the muscles from over¬ 
distension, or other local causes, in all but the first two cases in 
which post-mortem examinations were made ? 
ANOTHER THEORY OF THE EESION IN DR. HANSHEW’S HORSE. 
By IvOSCOE R. Bell, D.V.S., Brooklyn. 
In that commendable spirit of fraternity which should exist 
among fellow-practitioners, which, by the way, is characteristic 
of Brooklyn veterinarians, and which always results in much 
benefit to those who participate, in it. Dr. Hanshew was good 
enough to invite me to examine the patient whose peculiar 
accident and symptoms he has so faithfully described, and I con¬ 
fess that I have taken a great interest in the case, for the reason 
that I had never before seen in practice anything simulating such 
a condition. It is true Dr. Berns had a few weeks previously 
shown me a horse which was in a ccnvalescent state and had 
regained the use of his shoulder muscles, showing simply the 
evidences of a very artistic operation of firing, the description 
of whose previous condition exactly agreed with Dr. H.’s horse. 
