APPENDIX. — WOUNDS OF CAVITIES. 333' 



the wound h^^aled. Other farriers, preferrin"^' 

 to employ the solid caustics, mid f-uliiig iil^ 

 their attempts to thrust them into the ca,vity of 

 the JGiot. have applied them no vfarther than 

 the orifice in the c.ipsular ligament, and have 

 bj thi3 fortunate failure efrected a cure 

 without the loss of the joint. This plan, 

 however, c;in oidy be adoplt- 1 in wounds *of 

 a small size, or of the punctured kind, such 

 as those inflicted with the stable fork ; and 

 fortunately wounds of joints are most com- 

 monl}' of this kind. But we sometimes meet 

 with cases where the wound is of considerable 

 size, and much lacerated : there is scarcely a 

 possibility then of preserving the joint ; and 

 if it happen to the larger joints, such as the 

 hock and stifle, there is great danger of it's 

 destroying the animal. . In such cases causties 

 are improper: they m.ust be treated as deep 

 lacerated wounds. But in the small punctured 

 wound of a joint, the actual cauttry (hot iron) 

 cautiously applied has been found the most 

 expeditious and effectual remedy. I hav« 

 succeeded also with the lunar caustic (nitrate 

 of silver). Farriers sometim'es employ the 

 butter of antimony (muriate of antimony), 



