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it cannot He down. Sponge the knee with cold water, and apply 

 the solution of zinc and lead already referred to repeatedly for 

 three or four days. If much swellino- should arise, a purgative 

 should Le given. When the skin is cut, the edges .should he 

 brought together as well as possible, and so kept by plaster, or 

 styptic colloid, or shellac paste dipped in lint or tow. A wound 

 on the knee must never be stitched, for flexion of the knee will 

 most assuredly tear out the sutures and enlarge the wound. In 



addition to the colloid plaster, a 

 thin calico bandage should be ap- 

 plied and allowed to remain for 

 four or fi\'e days if the case pro- 

 gresses favorably. If pain and 

 swelling arise, the bandage must 

 be removed and the wound ex- 

 amined; if found to be suppu- 

 rating, it should be gently washed, 

 and zinc sulphate, drachms six; 

 lead acetate, ounce one; water, 

 one quai't, applied four or five 

 times a day. Dihite carbolic 

 acid — one part of acid to forty 



parts of water may be used. 

 Fig. 44 — Broken Knee. -ttt-i ., -, ■ . i- • i i 



When the skin is divided, sim- 

 ply exposing the magniis tendon, with a discharge of synovia 

 from the tendon, the case will result favorably. If the tendon 

 be crushed, it may slough; severe symptoms will be presented 

 and the animaFs life endangered. The fever becomes high, 

 respiration and pulse quickened, bowels constipated, the urinary 

 and other secretions arrested, the wound assumes a leadened 

 hue, the discharge becomes offensive, and the lameness excessive. 

 "When the slough is removed the carpal articulations are ex- 

 posed to view. The power of extension is now lost by the separa- 

 tion of the tendon, and the limb is persistently fixed. 



Unless the patient be a valual)le stud animal, it is best to 



