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and the antiseptic pad changed. At each visit the animal's 

 condition must be carefully noted. So long as constitutional 

 disturbance is slight, the foot appears comfortable, is free 

 from marked heat and tenderness, and pawing movements 

 are absent, and so long as the discharge on the pad appears 

 non-purulent, free from marked odour, and small in quantity, 

 then this dressing may be persisted in. 



This treatment of open joint, preventive as it is of arthritis, 

 is also indicated in the case of open navicular bursa. In 

 several instances we have practised this treatment for the 

 dressing of wounds implicating the bursas of tendons and 

 the capsules of joints. It is also spoken of favourably by 

 Mr. C. H. Flynn in the American Veterinary Review for 

 June, 1888, whose treatment is as follows : ' Place the 

 patient in a clean, well-ventilated, and drained stable. 

 Have all the litter removed, and insist on the stall being 

 kept clean. Either place the animal in slings, or tie the 

 head so as to prevent lying down. Clip the hair and cleanse 

 the parts well He prefers the corrosive sublimate solution 

 (1 in 1,000). Should the wound be of two or more days' 

 standing, inject the joint with the corrosive sublimate 

 solution. Now dry the parts with a clean towel and sprinkle 

 the wound with iodoform. Over this place a thick layer of 

 absorbent cotton-wool, filled with iodoform, bandage securely, 

 and keep the patient on a moderate diet, preserving the 

 utmost quietude possible. Should the bandage remain in 

 position and the animal free from pain, leave the bandage and 

 dressing in place from five days to a week. Then change 

 it, and should the discharge be little, do not disturb it, but 

 renew the iodoform and cotton dressing, leaving it on for 

 another week.' 



Other treatments for the same condition are practised, in 

 which the wound is dusted with powdered iodoform, with 

 potassium permanganate, or with corrosive sublimate, or 

 where the wound, instead of being dusted, has the corrosive 

 sublimate applied in the form of a plug. In each case the 

 preliminary irrigation with the corrosive sublimate solution 

 is dispensed with. This, however, should on no account be 



