Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1882 — Veterinary Surgery. [ARTICLE]

Veterinary Surgery.

It is the usual custom to kill a horse that has had the misfortune to break a leg, and as accidents of this kind are quite common, many noble beasts are lost every year on account of the want of sufficient skill in veterinary surgeons to treat a fractured bone. An. experiment is now being tried at Harrisburg, which, if successful, may save the lives of mahy horses. A fine. horse slipped on the cobble-stone pavement and brpke its leg. Instead of beipg killed it was taken to a livery stable and put in charge of an experienced groom, who put a piece of strong canvas around the horse’s body, and by means of ropes and pulleys fastened to the joists above drew him up so as to bring the lame leg entirely off the ground. By'slightly Hexing his three sound legs the patient can throw his whole weight on the swing, and he does this when he sleeps. At other times he generally lightly rests his legs on the ground, part of his weight oeing sustained by the canvas. The fracture was adjusted and a thick casing of plaster of Paris put around the leg. The patient has been in the swing three wpeks, and it is {imposed to keep him there six weeks onger. Ho lias improved in condition since the treatment began, and is in excellent health. If no unforeseen accident occurs the cjure ta expected to be perfect. ' , A small soul 'depends on a roaring flame and a great cloud of smoke to let the world know it is on fire. The suti has a better way; for without noise or fume it blesses all with heat and light 1 .