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nerve on the upper third of the radius for the relief of lameness 
of the back tendons, ringbones and various foot troubles ; 
cutting the plantar nerves, one or both, just above the ankle 
for ringbones, navicular disease, corns, etc.; the digital nerves 
just below the ankle chiefly for navicular disease. We do 
neurectomies of the anterior and posterior tibial nerves, for the 
relief of spavin and other forms of lameness in the posterior 
limb. We divide the motor branch from the eleventh cranial 
nerve to the sterno-maxillaris muscle, and the bellies of the 
sterno-hyoid and omo-hyoid muscles to prevent a horse from 
cribbing and cure the habit. The cunean branch of the flexor 
metatarsus tendon is frequently divided for the relief of spavin 
lameness. We have a new operation, arytenoideraphy, which 
is probably superior to the old arytenectomy for the relief 
of what is commonly termed roaring. We now drain the 
gutteral pouches, which in the horse are large expansions of 
the Kustachian tube, either by operating through the pharynx 
from within or by introducing a catheter through the nostril 
instead of the old hyovertebrotomy. Laparotomies are fairly 
common; for instance, in cryptorchid castration, ovariotomies, re¬ 
moval of foreign bodies from the alimentary canal, and volvuli. 
Until recently, parturient apoplexy, commonly known as 
milk fever, was one of those diseases which every veterinarian 
was anxious to avoid. A call to attend a case of parturient 
apoplexy was very much like a call to attend a funeral. We 
now have a treatment that is apparently specific, based upon the 
theory that the whole train of peculiar symptoms is brought 
about by absorption of toxic matters from the interior of the 
mammary glands. This treatment consists essentially in the 
injection of an aqueous solution of potassium iodide into the 
milk ducts. Care is taken to do the operation with as thorough 
surgical cleanliness as possible. 
We can now administer a cathartic and thoroughly evacuate 
the alimentary canal in twenty-five to thirty minutes by the 
hypodermic or intratracheal use of eserine sulphate, either alone 
or in combination with atropia or strychnine. 
