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directions to have the stifle well fomented with hot water and well 
manipulated two or three times a day, and reported to my’ emlyer 
treatment ^ pr0p " ety to have the hor se brought to the College for 
ditio^^ti^nt pa ? T h "i- he same c ° n - 
, ~d f ^ , mm on tne iUth. Two days later, kindlv assisted 
by Professor Robertson, Mr. Hopkins and some students of the Col 
e e the animal was again cast, fully etherized; but though we worked 
we 1 for over an hour and a half not the slightest improvement on » 
‘ , mpt ,7 s notlce able indeed, I thought it was not as good The 
ecidedTh 7 d d S6t UP ’ “ d thg ° Wner ’ lnfomied 
a lief, f , " destr °y ed - which was done on the 18th of March 
a little over three months after he received the first injury 
was the saml th! 11 " 6 W3S ^ “ the general c ™ d > d °ns-action 
f he same—the upper extremity of the femur was more proiectina 
which is attributed to the excessive atrophy of the muscles ' & 
Post-Mortem Appearances. Careful dissection of the muscles of that 
eg,on shows that they are healthy, with the except,on of the biceps 
hoTd 0 s r the W patella a n7 ^ degeneration ’ retracted and 
. t P f tWard ’ the bgaments of the stifle joints are all in 
o a u except tie internal band of the anterior capsular, which is entirely 
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ha°ve°bee 0 ,i ob^'nT diV ‘ ded ’ pr ° bab,y the **“*«>" could 
for t “Itm^l^^ 10 1 7 f ° Und - ,°“ IO ° ki " g ^ 
u- • • , , e faluteal region, there were found lesions of the 
injury!' 1 P ‘° Per ' ’’ Undoubtedl y went back fo the time of the first 
The whole mass of the glutei muscles is atrophied the deen one 
ternus Pvrifnm-iic e • •• e oi° n , obturator ex- 
>k,ck...d »,,k , h , „ ne em „ ion , 
Through this dense mass, a thick membrane kinH ^ 
asssrr ■ “• —wac 
but also with ’ ated u P° n its rim, with thin, ulcerated cartilage 
straight line paranefto'theT^ 11 ' 1 " 1 ^ 7°™ UpWards d °wnwards in a 
e, parallel to the long axis of the bone. The sides of this 
