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Laminal Congestion
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The Veterillary Journal. LAMINAL
CO~GESTION .
BY A. ADRIAN JONES, :\I.R.C.V.S., QUEEN'S HAYS, K EWB RIDG E.
I HAVE read with pleasure th e remarks by Mr. Litt, ill the Vetcrinary JOltrnal for S epte mber, and concur with him th at 'f Laminal Congestion " p roduces a particular kind of lameness often met with. I would, therefore, as th e malady possesses some pecu li ar features, beg t o be allowed to give t he h istory of one of many cases that happened unde r my own obse rvati on. A hal f-bred hunter was p urc hased by a n officer in my regiment, about November of last yea r. H e was rid den constantly to hounds up to F ebruary of this year, when h e became lame. Mr. Cuthbe rt, M.R.C.V.S., of Leeds, where we ,,;e re th en stationed, h ad kindly consented to do my duty, and was asked to look a t th e h orse. H e ,,,as of op inion th at th e re was slight concussion t o th e foot, a nd o rdered poultices. The lameness passed away in a few days; a nd thinking to give the ani mal a better ch ance, he ordered a slig ht blister to be applied around the coronet, so as not t o admit o f its b ein g used for some days more. Unfortunately, however, the ho rse beca m e worse, and on my return was so la me tha t it could only move on three legs. I mad e a careful exam in a tion with lVIr. Cuthbert, and we concluded th a t it was sufferi ng from foot lam eness,-in fact, congestion of th e lamin<:e. C old water a nd repeated bl isters were applied, but all to no purp ose. The case, being now of four months' duration, became, to say th e least, very a nnoying. Another opin ion su~gested that the periosteum ove r th e sea t of splint might be tig ht, and not allow spli nt t o form. A lth ough there was n o in dication of such t ak ing place, I opera ted by dividing th e m embra ne; bu t o n th e ani m al being moved, there was not the sli g htest im prove ment. Th e horse was extremely lame at a walk, whilst being led ; but on being allowed t o roa m at will about th e barracks, it ,rould som et imes go so nea rly sound tha t it was a lm ost impossibl e t o say it was lame, except wh en the t oe was kicked against a n in equality o f th e ground; th en it would st and as if the leg was broken. There was 110 Ilcal, 110 tenderness, 110 pointillg, but a S/igltt 1'cstillg, and 110 rmgs roulld
The Effi:cts
if
C Oll S(TJl/tU ill it)'.
34 1
The horse had large flat fee t, and there was that unmistakeable p ecu!iarity of ga it \\"h ich is always p\"esent with foot -lameness. I fancied th ere was a slight flattening at the s ides of the wall after six months . On our marching from Leeds to proceed to Ireland, the horse was sent by train to N ewbridge, and on my arrival there I was astonished to see it b eing ridden by th e owner, a nd going quite sound. It has remain ed so ever s inc e, a nd th e feet have all the appearance of being very healthy, ,,\'hich would not have been the case had there been any inflammat ion of th e lamin~. Flatfooted horses arc most subj ect to this disease, but I would like to remark that I consider concussi on to be the exciting cause, and a gross full habit of body and flat feet the predisposing influ ences, With regard to the treatm ent of th e affection, I find that an aperient dose and a poultice, with the re moval of the shoe, generally assure sou ndness in a few cl ays or a week. tlte ItOof
THE EFFECTS OF CO L SA , GUINITY A I IMALS, WITH REFERENCE TU DISEASES IN THE HDTALAYAS.
AMONG CATTLE
BY "HIl'l'O-CHIRURGl.;S," AH.MY.
A RECENT AI/CIt's Indian mail states that an "epidemic" has been raging among th e cattle in th e Simla Hill States, of so serious a nature that Governm ent lately d eputed a veterinary surgeon to inquire into it. \ \le hear, continues the mail, he has reported that the d isease is an "Eruptive Typhoid," and concludes, from internal exam ina ti on o f some of the victims, that long-continued breeding in-and-in is the cause; he recommend s the introduction of new blood as the cure. 'vVe imagine the veterinary surgeo n's report cannot be precisely rendered or conveyed by the above condensed version , which apparently blames the system of breeding in-and-in with being directly responsible for the prod uction of an epizootic disease, and recommends treatm en t that "cannot possibly be immediately curative. The cause here referred to must be
The Veterillary Journal. LAMINAL
CO~GESTION .
BY A. ADRIAN JONES, :\I.R.C.V.S., QUEEN'S HAYS, K EWB RIDG E.
I HAVE read with pleasure th e remarks by Mr. Litt, ill the Vetcrinary JOltrnal for S epte mber, and concur with him th at 'f Laminal Congestion " p roduces a particular kind of lameness often met with. I would, therefore, as th e malady possesses some pecu li ar features, beg t o be allowed to give t he h istory of one of many cases that happened unde r my own obse rvati on. A hal f-bred hunter was p urc hased by a n officer in my regiment, about November of last yea r. H e was rid den constantly to hounds up to F ebruary of this year, when h e became lame. Mr. Cuthbe rt, M.R.C.V.S., of Leeds, where we ,,;e re th en stationed, h ad kindly consented to do my duty, and was asked to look a t th e h orse. H e ,,,as of op inion th at th e re was slight concussion t o th e foot, a nd o rdered poultices. The lameness passed away in a few days; a nd thinking to give the ani mal a better ch ance, he ordered a slig ht blister to be applied around the coronet, so as not t o admit o f its b ein g used for some days more. Unfortunately, however, the ho rse beca m e worse, and on my return was so la me tha t it could only move on three legs. I mad e a careful exam in a tion with lVIr. Cuthbert, and we concluded th a t it was sufferi ng from foot lam eness,-in fact, congestion of th e lamin<:e. C old water a nd repeated bl isters were applied, but all to no purp ose. The case, being now of four months' duration, became, to say th e least, very a nnoying. Another opin ion su~gested that the periosteum ove r th e sea t of splint might be tig ht, and not allow spli nt t o form. A lth ough there was n o in dication of such t ak ing place, I opera ted by dividing th e m embra ne; bu t o n th e ani m al being moved, there was not the sli g htest im prove ment. Th e horse was extremely lame at a walk, whilst being led ; but on being allowed t o roa m at will about th e barracks, it ,rould som et imes go so nea rly sound tha t it was a lm ost impossibl e t o say it was lame, except wh en the t oe was kicked against a n in equality o f th e ground; th en it would st and as if the leg was broken. There was 110 Ilcal, 110 tenderness, 110 pointillg, but a S/igltt 1'cstillg, and 110 rmgs roulld
The Effi:cts
if
C Oll S(TJl/tU ill it)'.
34 1
The horse had large flat fee t, and there was that unmistakeable p ecu!iarity of ga it \\"h ich is always p\"esent with foot -lameness. I fancied th ere was a slight flattening at the s ides of the wall after six months . On our marching from Leeds to proceed to Ireland, the horse was sent by train to N ewbridge, and on my arrival there I was astonished to see it b eing ridden by th e owner, a nd going quite sound. It has remain ed so ever s inc e, a nd th e feet have all the appearance of being very healthy, ,,\'hich would not have been the case had there been any inflammat ion of th e lamin~. Flatfooted horses arc most subj ect to this disease, but I would like to remark that I consider concussi on to be the exciting cause, and a gross full habit of body and flat feet the predisposing influ ences, With regard to the treatm ent of th e affection, I find that an aperient dose and a poultice, with the re moval of the shoe, generally assure sou ndness in a few cl ays or a week. tlte ItOof
THE EFFECTS OF CO L SA , GUINITY A I IMALS, WITH REFERENCE TU DISEASES IN THE HDTALAYAS.
AMONG CATTLE
BY "HIl'l'O-CHIRURGl.;S," AH.MY.
A RECENT AI/CIt's Indian mail states that an "epidemic" has been raging among th e cattle in th e Simla Hill States, of so serious a nature that Governm ent lately d eputed a veterinary surgeon to inquire into it. \ \le hear, continues the mail, he has reported that the d isease is an "Eruptive Typhoid," and concludes, from internal exam ina ti on o f some of the victims, that long-continued breeding in-and-in is the cause; he recommend s the introduction of new blood as the cure. 'vVe imagine the veterinary surgeo n's report cannot be precisely rendered or conveyed by the above condensed version , which apparently blames the system of breeding in-and-in with being directly responsible for the prod uction of an epizootic disease, and recommends treatm en t that "cannot possibly be immediately curative. The cause here referred to must be