490 OPEN JOINT. 



from tlie wound time after time. The best way to apply the 

 Nitrate of Silver is in solution. Tie a small piece of sponge to 

 the end of a stick, which dip into the solution and dab upon 

 the opening as the synovia flows out. The best mode to apply 

 the Sulphate of Copper is in powder, which prepare and use as 

 follows : — take half an ounce of the salt, powder it in a wedge- 

 wood mortar to an impalpable poivder, then add 2 ounces of 

 flour and mix them well together, and dust a portion of the 

 powder upon the opening every fifteen or twenty minutes until 

 a firm crust or scab is formed upon the opening ; should this 

 fail to have the desired efiect, recourse should be had to the 

 Lime. 



Lime. — The Lime for this purpose should be burnt, slaked, 

 and powdered ; a small portion of which should be frequently 

 placed upon the opening, the object being to form a solid crust 

 upon the injury. I have on numerous occasions succeeded in 

 arresting the flow of synovia by this means when every method 

 previously tried had failed. 



Collodion. — This is a valuable agent to apply when the 

 opening is recent ; it is seldom, however, it will check the dis- 

 charge from an opening which has been a week or more in 

 existence. Cotton wool should be dipped into the Collodion, 

 the wound should be wiped perfectly dry, and the Collodion 

 plaster placed firmly upon it ; after which, a number of plasters 

 of a similar kind should be placed on and around the first 

 one, so as to effectually close it in every direction. 



CAPPED HOCK. 



Capped Hock generally originates from a bruise, either in 

 consequence of the animal kicking against a hard substance, 

 such as a board or a stall post, or from lying with the hock in 

 close contact with the bare floor. 



