REPORTS OF CASES. 
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tendinitis, on near foreleg. Operated on December 24, 1896, 
and when the animal was allowed to rise, walked and trotted 
sound. 
Case II .—Bay gelding, very lame on the walk, having bony 
deposit at coronet, sidebones, and very much thickened ten¬ 
dons on near foreleg. Operated on January 8, 1897, and when 
allowed to rise, walked and trotted sound. 
Case III .—Chestnut gelding, slightly lame when walking 
and very lame when trotting, having a splint the size of a large 
egg on the lower third of inside of the cannon, involving the 
tendons on the back of the cannon. Operated on May 4, 1897, 
and when allowed to rise and trotted the lameness which existed 
could only be detected by an experienced person. 
Case IV .—Bay gelding, with intermittent lameness for a 
period of two years and having a splint extending from the in¬ 
side to the outside of the leg and close to the knee. Operated 
on July 20, 1897, and when allowed to rise trotted sound. 
Case V .—Bay gelding, destined for dissection purposes and 
exceedingly lame even when walking, having bony growth at 
fetlock, navicular disease, contracted and swollen tendons. Op¬ 
erated on some time in January, 1897. When allowed to rise, 
showed a slight trace of lameness on the trot; he was then de¬ 
stroyed. 
The first three cases were ordinary work horses, too lame to 
work even at a walking pace ; the fourth was a valuable coach 
horse. In these four there was some swelling and lameness the 
following day or two, which gradually subsided in the course of 
ten to fourteen days. They were put to work and have worked 
constantly up to the time of writing and showed no signs of the 
return of lameness. The fourth case, which on account of his 
blemish and peculiar form of lameness, was, so to speak, worth¬ 
less before the operation, has been since sold at a very high 
figure. 
EPILEPTIFORM FITS DUE TO PARASITES. 
On October 15th, a collie pup was brought to the hospital 
suffering with epileptiform fits ; two hours later another one was 
brought with the same symptoms, the owner saying that they 
were the only ones left out of a litter of seven, the five which 
had previously died having presented the same symptoms as the 
two which were brought to the hospital. They were placed 
under potassium bromide to quiet the nervous excitement. As 
soon as this was accomplished, castor oil was administered. 
