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another opportunity to see a similar ease which, however, was 
of longer standing, and properly speaking, convalescent. If my 
memory serves me right, he had run away, sustained seveial 
superficial cuts in the tibial region, and when 1 saw him also pre¬ 
sented much thickening in the region of the hock. His action 
was somewhat similar to the first case, but in a milder form. I 
believe this case also got well. 
A short time later it was my fortune to see another ease in my 
own practice. A large gray gelding, belonging to a malt house, 
after pulling a very heavy load was found the next morning un 
able to fiex his hock, dragged the toe of his off leg in walking, and 
in that action had also the tendo Achillis much relaxed. In his 
case there was no wound, no swelling, no pain in the whole extent 
of the tibial region of the flexor metatarsi. The horse was placed 
in slings only, and three weeks after resumed his work without 
any apparent thickening in any part of his leg. These three cases 
1 have placed on my note book as ruptures of the flexor metatarsi. 
I have seen lately a black gelding belonging to a stable keeper 
in Bleeeker and Mercer Streets, who presented the same symp¬ 
toms, and was also seen by Hr. Lockhart and Mr, Budd. He was 
blistered along the tendo Achillis, kept in slings for seven weeks, 
and to-day presents no mark whatever of his injury, which he had 
inflicted on himself by slipping backwards while in harness. 
On the 3d day of April, I was called to see a large bay geld¬ 
ing belonging to a brewery of this city, who had worked up to 
that day, had pulled his ordinary load the day previous, and on 
the morning was found in exactly this same condition, the re¬ 
laxation of the tendo Achillis being, perhaps, a little more 
marked, as also the difficulty of locomotion. No pain, no sore¬ 
ness whatever in the whole length of the tibial region, no swelling 
at the stifle, along the muscle nor at the hock. The same diagno¬ 
sis was made—laceration of the flexor metatarsi. When brought 
to the College for treatment the question presented itself to my 
mind, Where shall i apply my external application, at which end 
of the muscle, or in the middle? Close examination failed to give 
me any hint, and I decided to have recourse to the same treat¬ 
ment as that 1 found so peculiar, and which had been followed 
