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deep and critically situated that may be. The wound may be 

 frequently and very thoroughly washed with warm water. 



767. — In neglected cases of this kind we have had no 

 experience farther than witnessing the suffering of a few horses, 

 undergoing operations by veterinaries, where we had no control 

 or authority. In all such cases the torture has been of the most 

 undoubted character, and the resulting benefit altogether 

 invisible. 



768. — Dr. Dadd says, " Cases, however, occur which set at 

 defiance all our skill. In such the ligamentary, tendinous, fleshy, 

 and bony structures are involved, perhaps accompanied with 

 fistulas, running in various directions, like so many pipes or 

 drains, and the difiiculty of closing the latter is, that they acquire 

 a mucous lining, and all mucous canals are very difficult to unite. 

 The only remedy in such ca^es is the knife : the part must be 

 laid open and all fistulous pipes dissected out. Should a portion 

 of the bone be diseased, that must also be removed. The chasm 

 is then to be cleansed with a solution of claloride of lime or 

 pyroligneous acid, its edges brought together by suture, leaving 

 an orifice at the lower part for the discharge of matter. Oar 

 object must still be to heal by adhesion, as already described. 

 Should we fail in this, and the part assume a morbid type, inject 

 and dress it with equal parts spirits of turpentine, pyroligneous 

 acid, and linseed oil. Fir balsam has also a very good eflTect on 

 indolent and morbid parts. So soon, however, as the parts show 

 a disposition to heal, dress with tincture of aloes and myrrh." 

 For such an operation the horse should undoubtedly be put under 

 chloroform (770.) 



INJURIES TO THE EYE. 



769. — The horse often loses the sight of an eye through the 

 lodgment of some foreign substance, such as chaflF, or grass seed, 

 or through bungling attempts to remove it. The best way is to 

 put the horse down (353), and try to remove the object by 

 syringing with tepid water. Should this not succeed try a soft 

 camel hair brush, dipped in gum water. Should that fail, put 

 the horse under chloroform, which is the only way to keep the 



