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of December, and the horse led out of his stall, without showing 
any symptoms of the lesion. lie remains sound on his leg, and 
does his work, apparently, as well as ever. 
SPECIMENS FOR THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN 
VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
By John C. Myers, Jr., D.V.S. 
ARTHRITIS OF THE ELBOW JOINT. 
This specimen of the elbow joint was removed from a stallion 
eight years old, called Membrino Priam, that stood at Morning 
View, Ky., for breeding purposes. On the 2d of April, 1875, he 
received a kick upon the elbow joint from a stable companion, in¬ 
flicting, as the specimen proves, a serious injury. 
I will briefly narrate the symptoms as I observed them on the 
two occasions that I visited him. I at first noticed a large swelling 
over the lower third of the humerus and the upper region of the 
radius, with a lacerated wound at the junction of the two bones, 
hie was almost unable to move from the spot, and when forced } 
he would throw himself upon his hind extremities, carrying the 
injured limb in a flexed pendulous manner. At long intervals he 
would put his toe to the ground. No crepitation could be discov¬ 
ered, and disregarding the swelling, there was no deformity. lie 
bore a very anxious expression. His breathing was quite rapid 
and his appetite impaired. I made a second visit on the 15th of 
May, by which time the acute symptoms had subsided. His 
movement was but a trifle better. The swelling was reduced con- 
siderablv, but what remained felt rather hard and was limited to 
the upper extremity of the radius. On this visit I removed the 
slings and discarded the fomentations that had been applied to 
the seat of injury, and applied a blister over the enlargement, which 
was repeated about every two weeks for four successive times. 
Under this treatment he gradually improved, and became quite 
