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REPORTS OF CASES 
FRACTURED FEMUR. 
By the Same 
The following ease is interesting to me from its history. 
Was called this week to see a mare that was found down in the 
morning and unable to rise. Saw the animal laying on near side; 
tried to get her up, when she appeared to be incapable of using 
the near leg. We turned her over, and a diagnosis of fractured 
femur was made, and the animal destroyed. A history of the 
case revealed that the mare was suddenly taken lame in July, the 
near leg being near powerless. A doctor (?) was called, who treated 
her for spavin (no one would dispute she had one). She did not 
lie down for some weeks, and when she did she thrashed greatly, 
and was treated for colic. Some three weeks before I saw her, 
she had been taking exercise, and had recently been driven every 
day more or less. The day previous to my seeing her she had been 
eight miles, walking quite well (as it is said), but trotting very 
lame, with & peculiar movement of the leg, and the animal travel¬ 
ing (according to the groom’s tale) three-corner wise. A post 
mortem showed an old fracture of the femur (transverse) at the 
upper half, at which, and in the medullary canal, was a large 
amount of reparative material. Below and above the old frac¬ 
ture were numerous fragments of bone which had been broken 
off during the night and in the morning, in consequence of the 
struggle of the mare. I merely write the above to show that we 
are not in this section of the country above driving a horse having 
but one femur. Have heard of this case of lameness before, but 
was never called to see it (till the day of which I write), and 
learned it had been diagnosed spavin, fractured hip, strain across 
kidneys, etc. The above lesion settles it. 
FRACTURE OF THE ISCHIUM. 
By The Same. 
While we are on the subject of fracture I will state a case in 
my province as follows : Was called June 19th, to the State In¬ 
sane Asylum at Danvers, to see a lame mare. Diagnozed fracture 
of the ischium just back of acetabulum. The mare w r as put in slings 
