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no toe calk was put on, which improved her gait a great deal. 
She remained in the infirmary, having gentle walking and trot¬ 
ting exercise every day, until the latter part of the month, when 
she was sent home, with instructions given to use her carefully 
for walking work. 
About a month after she was reported as lame as ever, and I 
was desired to see her. I found that she had been worked in a 
market-wagon, traveling a distance of 32 miles each day. She 
was quite lame, but when harnessed, after a few yards, traveled 
as well as ever. 
Since the mare has* been left with me for the expense of 
treatment, she is lame, but shows it but little in walking. The 
irregularity is merely mechanical, and I think she would be well 
in the country if the land was not rough. 
Case No. 2.—A bay mare, 15.3 hands high, 6 years old, had a 
ringbone as a sequelae of a toe-crack on the near hind foot. The 
bony growth was as large as a hen’s egg, flattened from side to 
side, and situated in front of the coronet. Deep firing, repeated 
six times with platinum needles, was first resorted to, with two 
months’ rest at pasture. By this treatment little benefit was de¬ 
rived. Neurotomy was advised, and was performed. The relief 
in this case was marked from the first; the wounds healed by 
first intention, and since then the mare has worked as well as 
formerly. 
Case No. 3.—A brown mare, 7 years old, 14.3 hands high, 
with ringbones and side bones on both fore feet, was lame on the 
near one. The bony growth in this case was small, extending 
from cartilage to cartilage. The operation was performed on 
both feet with good results. 
Case No. 4.—A brown gelding, 10 years old, 15.1 hands high, 
with ossification of the lateral cartilages and exostosis in front of 
the coronet on both hind feet. The lameness was greatest in the 
off foot. The exostosis in both feet was undoubtedly of long 
standing and had given rise to anchylosis of the first with the 
second phalanx. Neurotomy was performed on the off foot, and 
the result was an improvement, but not as successful as could 
have been desired. It gave rise to a peculiar stilty action. 
Case No. 5.—This patient was operated on since the above re- 
