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hours daily until the acute stage had passed. Later the mare 

 was turned out to pasture and a vesicant was applied once or 

 twice a month until recovery was complete which was in about 

 six months. 



Case 4. — A four-year-old bay mare having a wire-cut which 

 opened the tarsus joint was treated as heretofore described. The 

 wound was kept bandaged for about two weeks and later it was 

 dressed without being bandaged. In ninety days she had com- 

 pletely recovered. 



Case 5. — A twelve-year-old mare with an open fetlock joint 

 due to a puncture wound. The margins of the wound were 

 cleansed and the external wound enlarged to facilitate drainage. 

 Tincture of iodin was injected; the wound was bandaged and 

 dressed for a month in the manner heretofore described, when 

 all discharge had stopped. A vesicant was applied; the mare 

 was put to pasture and within sixty days from the date of the 

 injury she was being driven on short trips. 



Case 6. — A two-year-old brown gelding with a wire-cut on 

 the left front foot. The wound extended down through the sole 

 and opened the navicular joint. This colt was very wild and it 

 was necessary to tie it down each time the wound was dressed 

 The wound was dressed weekly for a month and less frequently 

 thereafter. It was handled eight times; the last dressing was 

 left in place until worn out. Six months later the colt was prac- 

 tically well, a very little lameness being shown when walking 

 on frozen ground. 



Case 7. — A seven-year-old saddle-horse weighing eleven hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds received a wound of the tarsus, laying 

 bare the articular surfaces of a part of the joint. It was im- 

 possible to keep this wound bandaged because of the restless 

 disposition of the subject. Injections of a dilute tincture of 

 iodin were emploj^ed every second or third day for a month 

 and the wound was kept covered with the antiseptic dusting 

 powder referred to heretofore. In five months complete recovery 

 had taken place, with the exception of a stubborn skin disturb- 

 ance which was successfully treated six months after the wound 

 was inflicted. The horse is still in use and is absolutely free 

 from lameness. 



Case 8. — A two-year-old brown gelding with a wire-wound 

 opening the scapulohumeral joint. This wound was large enough 

 to expose to view the articular portion of the humerus. The same 

 treatment as that given case No. one was instituted and in ninety 

 days the colt was practically well. 



