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must be carried on before it can be restored to 

 health. This exfohation is simply the opera- 

 tion whereby the living bone throws off the 

 dead surface; but as bone is much more tedious 

 in its efforts of restoration than muscle, it follows 

 that the muscular parts will unite and heal long 

 before the bone has completed its process. In 

 this case, that part of the bone which is de- 

 tached becomes an extraneous body, producing 

 new inflammation and a fresh abscess. 



This, therefore, demonstrates the necessity 

 of allowing a sufficient length of time for the 

 bone to exfoliate, by preventing the muscular 

 parts from uniting over it, and in this case (and 

 this only) tents are to be employed. 



These may be dipped in common digestive 

 ointment, and the surface of the wound should 

 be kept clean and defended from the air. In 

 matters of this kind, which require skill and ex- 

 perience, the proprietor of a horse would pro- 

 I bably 



