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REPORT OF CASES. 
leg being found perfectly immobile the animal was comfortably 
arranged in the slings and received his dinner. On March the 5th, the 
bandages are found loose, and though the gutta percha holds quite 
hrm there is much motion between the ends of the bone. The swelling 
ot the leg has subsided. The upper fragment of the bone is protrud¬ 
ing through the wound, the lower one rubbing against it as the animal 
moves his leg. The dressing was reapplied again with more padding 
and the rollers put on tight with recommendation to tighten them if 
necessary. 
March 8th. found him again in about *the same condition, 
although the bandage is well in place, still there is yet some motion 
and it seems impossible to prevent it as the animal is constantly mov¬ 
ing his leg up and down without an instant of rest. To try to reach 
this effect, the whole leg was placed in a sling by itself, being support¬ 
ed from the hock down and carried forward, this somewhat limitates 
the motions. The wound looks perhaps better, some organized tissue 
is thrown round the bones and in the cellular tissue surrounding. 
Maich 12th. Same condition, his leg is kept more comfortably in 
the slings, less motion of the fractured extremities, there is a great 
amount of offensive discharge through the opening of the bandage. 
Carbolized wash is directed to be kept on it all the time. 
March 19th. Two jneces of bone came through the window of 
the bandage, they are from the upper end of the bone. Up to this 
day he had fed well, but all at once he seemed to give up his case ; 
his appetite stopped, his nervous irritability increased, he fights 
against the slings so much that it is thought better to let him lay, 
and from that day till the 22d he lingered, when he died from nervous 
exhaustion. 
Questions: Was the attempt at reduction contraindicated? 
Would not amputation have been better? > If so and successful, would 
the horse have been able to perform his duty as a stallion ? 
B. Compound fracture of lower maxillary bone. Dumb rabies. 
On the 15th of July, 1876, a small terrier slut was brought to the 
American Veterinary College, with the following history : “ That she 
had been bitten by a milkman’s dog ; the fracture existed in both 
branches of the maxillary bone, a little posterior to the neck of the 
bone, compound the edges of the bones protruding in the buccal cavity 
She was dressed by Dr. C. W. Crowley, House Surgeon. On the 1st 
of August the bandage was removed on account of the offensive smell 
