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T. J. HANSHEW. 
student at the American Veterinary College, illustrates one of 
these cases, where the animal to which the accident occurred 
had been thrown with all the care possible, having upon 11m ic 
halter and surcingle recently introduced in veterinary surgery y 
Bernadot and Butel* and to which an ounce of chloral, hy¬ 
drate had been given some time before the operatian was begun. 
COMMINUTIVE FRACTURE OF THE THIRTEENTH DORSAL VERTEBRA. 
By T. J. IIanshew (Student). 
Sorrel mare, 9 years old, 16 bands 1 inch high , full mane, 
bang tail; entered in the hospital November 2nd, with the fo 
lowing history 
She was used as a hunter, and had, in jumping, injured both 
fore legs. She is quite lame on the off fore leg. Her condition 
is as follows: Both fore cannons are much swollen, the suspen¬ 
sory ligament is much thickened ; there is partial laceration of the 
tendons which pass behind the metacarpal bones, and she had ex¬ 
tensive tendinous windgalls, principally on the off leg. 
Though the prognosis was rather unfavorable, and it was 
very doubtful if she could ever resume her work as a hunter, it 
was decided to have her tired, and if possible have her returned 
to a certain amount of usefulness. On November 3d, after re¬ 
ceiving a large-dose of chloral, attempts were made to operate on 
her standing up, but being of a high strung, nervous temperament, 
she would not submit to the application of the actual cautery. 
The owner having consented to assume the responsibility in 
case of accident, she was east on her off side, the Bernadot and 
Butel apparatus placed on her, and though she struggled vio¬ 
lently, was fired on one side of the off fore leg, and turned over 
without difficulty and operated on upon the other side. Toward 
the last of the operation the struggles had subsided. 
On removal of the blanket with which she was covered, there 
was discovered a profuse perspiration and trembling of the hind 
quarters. Her temperature was 98°,, the pulse had become in¬ 
termittent, the respiration somewhat hurried, and she had lost all 
*See A. V. Review, Vol. V., page 29. 
