118 LAMENESS OF THE HORSE 



Case 9. — A three-year-old bay filly was found at pasture with 

 one fore foot badly injured. The owner intended to destroy her, 

 hut a neighbor prevailed upon him to have her treated. Ap- 

 parently the wound was of about a week's standing and in a 

 very bad condition, filled with maggots and dirt. Both the 

 navicular and coronary articulations were open. This wound 

 was cleansed in the usual manner and the owner cared for the 

 case the balance of the time because the distance from my office 

 was too great to give her personal attention. She made an al- 

 most complete recovery in five months. 



Case 10. — At two-year-old mule with an open navicular joint 

 due to a barbed wire wound. Usual care was given this case and 

 in five months recovery was complete and little scar is to be 

 seen. This case received seven treatments. 



Case 11. — An eighteen-months-old colt at pasture was found 

 down and unable to rise without help. In addition to several 

 wounds of lesser importance there was a large wound on the 

 inner side of the elbow, the joint was open and the entire leg 

 was greatly swollen and in a state of acute infectious inflamma- 

 tion. The colt could not walk, its temperature was 105°, pulse 

 was rapid and respiration was a little hurried. After advising 

 the owner to put the poor animal out of its misery I left the 

 place. Four clays later the owner came to my office and asked 

 if he could borrow some old shears to "trim off some loose hide 

 from that colt." He left the colt in the pasture and all the 

 care it received was the regular application of a proprietary 

 dusting powder. It made a complete recovery. 



Case 12. — A family mare, heavy in foal, received a vertical 

 wound of the fetlock joint inflicted by a disc-harrow. The cid- 

 de-sac of the ligament of this joint was opened freely. The 

 wound was dressed in the usual manner and again three days 

 later when no suppuration had ta _m place. Four days later 

 the patient gave birth to a colt and suckled it right along through 

 her convalescence. This wound healed by first intention and 

 seventy-nine days from the date of the injury the mare was 

 driven to town, two and one-half miles distant, and showed but 

 little lameness. 



Phalangeal Exostosis (Ringbone) 



This tci'iii is applied to exostoses involving the first and second 

 phalanges (suffraginis and corona), regardless of their size, ex- 

 tent or location. It is a misnomer, in a sense, and the veter- 

 inarian is frequently obliged to spend considerable time with his 



