AMERICAN VETERINARY HOSPITAL. 
59 
EXAMINATIONS FOR SOUNDNESS. 
% 
This very important part of the practice of the veterinarian 
has again occupied a large space in our records, upwards of four 
hundred horses having been subjected to official and professional 
inspection pending negotiations for change of ownership. 
1876. 
1877. 
1878. 
1879. 
1880. 
1881. 
1882. 
1883. 
1884 
1885 
123 
193 
238 
298 
.325 
,389 
,459 
400 
.415 
.402 
BOARDING PATIENTS. 
The same number of animals were admitted in the hospital. 
Owing to our stalls being constantly occupied, we have in many 
instances been obliged to refuse admission to patients, while often 
we had to discharge annuals while under treatment to make room 
for more pressing cases. 
BOARDING PATIENTS DURING THE TEN YEARS NUMBER AS FOLLOWS: 
YEAR. 
Horses. 
Dogs. 
1876. 
244 
1877.*.. 
220 
35 
1878. 
442 
16 
1879. 
485 
28 
1880. 
530 
48 
1881. 
487 
37 
1882. 
504 
52 
1883. 
518 
84 
1884. 
524 
63 
1885. 
525 
74 
FREE PATIENTS. 
We have registered this year 495 animals as having been 
brought to our free clinics. The number of operations which we 
performed upon this class of patients reached, however, a total of 
