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besides this, mashes, with an ounce or two of saltpetre in 

 the drink twice a day, until the fever subsides. 



In my own practice I adopt the following method instead 

 of the cold water. I substitute the following, after nicely 

 bandaging the parts — continuously keep it wetted with this 

 lotion : 



English crown soap - - Two pounds. 



Laudanum _ _ - Four ounces. 



Goulard's extract - - Four ounces 



Put the last-mentioned in a gallon of water, then add the 

 other ingredients. 



After several weeks, and when all irritation and heat are 

 removed, and the animal can rest on the limb, I release him 

 from the slings, put on a high heeled shoe, blister the parts 

 mildly, and allow several months rest to ensure recovery. 



BROKEN KNEES. 



Under this term is included the slightest division of the 

 skin as well as the most extensive injury of the joint. 



The knee of the horse is more liable, for many reasons, ■ 

 to serious injury than any other joint, but beside this, others 

 also are injured occasionally : the stifle, the hock, elbow and 

 fetlocks, but most frequently the knee. The slightest lesion 

 of this kind consists in a mere superficial bruise of the scarf 

 skin (or Epidermis), while the deep-seated structures remain 

 uninjured. In other instances, the true skin (or the Dermis) 

 is so much bruised that the hair follicles are destroyed, in 

 which case no hair will grow on the part so injured, but a 

 bald white scar remains as a permanent blemish. 



Bad falls so severely lacerate this joint as to tear open the 

 sheath of the large tendon that passes in front of this joint, 

 or still worse, penetrate and expose the ligament of the true 

 joint itself. 



