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and continues to go sound at this writing. Previous to her 
lameness this mare had good knee action, and it is interesting 
to know that after the operation she had all her former action, 
but she always pointed the foot, as she did before the operation. 
I am of the opinion that the operation diminished the pain suf¬ 
ficiently to remove the lameness, but as sensation was still par¬ 
tial in the foot, and in view of the nature of the lesions, she 
still pointed. I have been looking for this mare to go lame, 
but she does not. 
Case No. III. —Mare, twelve years old, weighing about 
1300 lbs. ; had been lame for about a year ; was too lame to be 
of any service, even for slow work ; and inspection and manip¬ 
ulation of the limb revealed the following: Marked induration 
of the flexor tendons and contraction of the same, with conse¬ 
quent knuckling ; an exostosis was detected on the inside of 
the coronet; the heel of the foot was high, and in standing the 
toe alone was placed on the ground ; the heel did not quite 
touch the ground in walking. I looked upon the exostosis as 
the primary cause of the lameness and the thickening and con¬ 
traction of the tendon and the high heel as the result. On 
April 15, 1899, I operated upon this mare, and immediately 
after the operation she stood down square and put weight on 
the limb in standing; in fact, she had a tendency to rest the 
other limb. This mare had a month’s rest, and since has been 
serviceably and practically free from lameness. Of course, 
considering the lesions that existed, we could not and did not 
get that freedom of movement as in a normal limb. 
Case No. IV. —Mule, chronic tendonitis ; very lame even in 
walking, limb flexed in standing and did not get the heel down 
right in walking; subjected to the operation on May 14, 1899. 
The usual rest was given ; the immediate effect was not so pro¬ 
nounced, but after a month the mule was put to work, going 
nearly all right, and gradually improved, and now, almost a 
year afterward, is going serviceably sound, and is again a useful 
working animal. 
Case No. V .—Heavy draft horse, 14 years, and weighing 
