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foot was dressed as in the preceding cases. The complication I had 

 feared did not occur, but such a good fortune must not be anticipated 

 when the synovial capsule is wounded in the neighbourhood of infected 

 tissue, and by an infected instrument. 



In conclusion I may say that, apart from all operative accidents, 

 extensive necrosis of the plantar aponeurosis constitutes a very grave 

 condition. From the economic standpoint treatment is not to be 

 recommended or undertaken in more than a certain proportion of cases, 

 and only when the animals are of value, or when it is of importance to 

 keep them alive irrespective of questions of cost, long duration of treat- 

 ment, and uncertainty of result. 



