OPERATIONS WITH ANTISEPTIC PRECAUTIONS. 93 
tendo Achillis, and naturally, notwithstanding we zealously 
look for it, we do not find the nerve. If both the superficial 
wound and nerve correspond, we cut through the above men- 
tioned fasciae which covered the nerve, with a long cut, which 
can be even longer than the superficial one, and find the tibial 
nerve in the space referred to. In fat horses the nerve is al- 
ways surrounded by abundance of fat. I, therefore, with the 
aid of the Dechamp needle in every instance, pull out the nerve 
with the fat, recurrent tibial artery, and plantar vein and dissect 
the nerve out of them, then a thread of sublimate silk is by 
means of the above mentioned needle, carried under the nerve 
and tied down. After a piece of the tibial nerve from 2 to 3 cm. 
long is cut out, we convince ourselves by examining the por- 
tion cut out, as well as by our pricking the crown of the hoof, 
that both branches of the nerve have been taken hold of, for it 
sometimes occurs, that in the preliminary division of the 
tibial nerve, but one branch is cut through, thus making the 
object of the operation a failure. The wound is rinsed well 
with sublimate water and closely sutured with sublimate silk 
without any regard to possible bleeding, which is of no im- 
portance, and besides, does not prevent healing per prima in- 
tentione. 
The after treatment consists of daily powdering the suture 
with iodoform sugar (5 per cent.) to produce a dry scab, as a 
bandage cannot be very well placed there. In fourteen days, 
at the utmost, the patient can again be put to work. 
AMPUTATION OF A COW’S HOOF. 
A heavy Dutch cow acquired a whitlow on the outer hoof of 
the hind foot with a subsequent decomposition of the hoof 
joint. As the cow, as a consequence of this, became rather — 
thin, I decided to amputate the hoof, which proved to be the 
more necessary, as there was evidence of caries of the ampu- 
tated hoof. : 
The hoofs, as well as the whole leg up to the ankle joint, 
were cleansed with soap and water, and thoroughly washed 
with a 1 per cent. sublimate solution. 
