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‘case. We have performed it in an animal, on a case existing for a’ 
year. The success was complete. Our patient, “ L’Orphelin,” is to-day 
an excellent trotter. 
Vandenmaegdenberg places bovines on an inclined plane, the hind-. 
‘quarter 30 or 40 centimeters higher than the anterior; every hour cold 
water ablutions are made, and morning and evening frictions of cam- 
phorated alcohol with ammonia or spirits of turpentine. 
The operation of Bassi gives also good results in bovines. Savio has 
had four successes out of four cases. 
IV. 
WOUNDS. 
Among them we will consider: 
1. Superficial or pert-articular wounds. 
2. Penetrating wounds, or with perforation of the synovial sac. 
L.—FPeri-articular Wounds. 
Frequent on the extremities, they offer, in their march and their prog- 
mnosis, peculiarities due to the presence, in their neighborhood, of 
‘tendons, ligaments and tendinous bursaze—conditions which expose them 
to various complications. Fibrous tissues, poor in blood vessels, uridergo 
“necrosis easily if they are soaking in pus or invaded by an infectious 
process; the extension of the inflammation to the synovial is possible. 
With well-managed antisepsy, those accidents may be avoided. If the 
wound has been made with a soiled instrument, it must be cleaned in 
_all its parts with a strong antiseptic solution (sublimate 2 p. 1000, | 
-cresyl « p. 100, chloride of zinc 6-8 p. 100, alcoholic phenicated so- 
lution: alcohol 10 grammes, phenic acid 1 gramme); then apply a 
‘the luxation was reduced first, but, as soon as pressure over the patella was re- 
moved, the trouble would return. Warm fomentations and blister seemed to do 
-some good at first, but after a few days the deformity returned and the horse was 
unable to use his leg. The case assuming a bad aspect, and the condition of 
‘the stallion getting worse, Dr. Liautard decided to try subcutaneous division of 
the anterior part of the biceps femoris, long vastus. At first this proved a 
failure. One morning the horse was lying down, when, suddenly frightened, 
‘he made a jump, and from that moment moved with perfect action.. The Te- 
-covery was perfect. The author asks if it is an error to suppose that the div- . 
ision of the muscle at the time of the operation was imperfect, but was com- 
pleted when the animal made a sudden jump after his fright? In which case 
the propriety of such treatment in similar cases is iudicated.—Amer. Vet. 
Rey., Vol. 8, p. 446. 
