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pally from the fact that the sequelae are too severe and that at 
best only relief for a varying length of time was all that could 
be expected. Professor Hobday, of the Royal Veterinary Col¬ 
lege, in the Journal of Comparative Pathology and Thera¬ 
peutics , records a series of experiments which he has made and 
the results which he has obtained in performing peroneal or 
posterior tibial, or both, on subjects affected with spavins, ring¬ 
bones, indurated windgalls and chronic sprains of tendons. 
From these operations it is shown that, in five instances, the 
double operation was performed, while the peroneal nerve alone 
was cut in eight cases and the posterior tibial only in nine 
cases; that where the spavin was the only lesion detected, sec¬ 
tion of the peroneal gave relief in five cases, and in two cases 
of the posterior tibial lameness was perceptibly improved; 
that in cases of chronic sprained tendons, with great pain, and 
where the lameness is not mechanical from contraction, pos¬ 
terior tibial neurectomy has rendered an otherwise useless horse 
fit for work again for a time in seven cases, and that there is 
great risk of ruptured tendon or of the foot sloughing, as it oc¬ 
curred in three cases, a complication which the owner of the 
horse should always be warned of.—( Journ . of Comp. Path, 
and Therap .) 
Gymnastics Extraordinary. —Under this heading- Mr. 
H. J. R. Pope relates the case of a fox terrier which was 
brought to him suffering from concussion of the brain from a 
fall he had made in jumping over a railing and tumbling a dis¬ 
tance of 103 feet and 11 inches onto solid concrete. No treat¬ 
ment was adopted apart from the concussion of the brain ; the 
patient was simply left quiet and fed on sloppy foods. Beyond 
a little stiffness he showed no soreness and never refused a 
meal. I11 four days he was discharged.— {Vet. Record .) 
Buttet and Sheet Wounds in Horses [By Vet. Lieut. 
R. C. Cochrane , A. V. D. J.—Fifteen horses, wounded at the 
battle of Colenso with Mauser bullets or shells, were treated by 
the author, with 13 radical recoveries, one killed, and one death 
from bowel complication. Mr. Cochrane remarks that for a 
couple of days after admission the animals were very 
nervous and scoured greatly. The wounds caused by the bullets 
were small and with little or no discharge. The shell wounds 
were larger and nearly all suppurated freely. When the 
pieces of shell were not extracted, the wound took longer to 
heal and discharged more profusely. The treatment consisted 
in strong spray of water from a hose pipe once or twice a day, 
