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-superficial joint a pitched-or turpentine pad was dusted over it, applied 
onthe wound, where it was kept by bandages or adhesive strips. Some- 
“times the synovial flow would. stop, and when the dressing was taken off, 
after eight days, “the bottom of the wound was covered with a firm scab 
_-and recovery insured.” Ifthe obliteration was not complete a new plaster - 
was reapplied. With deep wounds the fistulous tract was generally 
enlarged, as Schaack and Delorme did, and a lint, covered with the caus- 
tic, introduced in the fistula. Several authors, in particular Rey, have 
added blisters to that treatment. They were applied round the whole 
‘surface of the joint, with application of the sublimate over the wound. 
Barthe has tried to substitute nitrate of silver tosublimate. Bichloride 
~of mercury sometimes acts too strongly and gives rise to slough of a 
large eschar, which increases the size of the wound, while nitrate of 
-silver, less active, easier to handle, gives rise to a scab, rapidly elim- 
‘inated, without increase in the size of the external wound. Its use is 
‘very simple. The pencil is introduced in the fistula, where it melts 
slowly. It is good with large wounds to move it about to insure its 
action upon every part of the penetrating wound. Its application can 
be renewed several times, and at the same time the application of a blister 
-can be resorted to. 
Collodion, simple or with sublimate, has been recommended, some 
“twenty years ago, to obtain the closing of the wound. Michotte, having 
a deep wound of the stifle to treat, used first cool applications. The 
second day four grammes of sublimate were dissolved in thirty of collo- 
-dion and applied in successive layers over the wound until formation of 
a stiff scab. Nine days after this was removed; the wound was closed. 
‘Degive has also used the sublimated collodion with great success. 
Cold water has been recommended early, and is yet to-day used in 
large animals. Guilmot, Duvieusart,Sepulchre, Barreau, Sinoir, Caussé, 
Eloire and many others have published observations in relation to the - 
‘happy results they have obtained. For Trasbot (Archives 1877), “ cold 
“irrigations constitute the treatment par excellence of articular wounds.” 
“The flow in sheath is better than the strong current or the irrigation. ‘As 
much as possible, the water shall have a temperature of 12 to 15 degrees. 
However, irrigation must not be left off, only when the temperature of 
the water is in the neighborhood of zero. When irrigation was experi- 
mented with at Alfort, students were made to apply it, changing every 
hour, night and day, and constantly showering the diseased part with a 
tube attached to a bucket placed full of water above the patient (Bouley). 
In the case of Barreau “ irrigation was done by six men, alternatively 
pouring water over the wound with a syringe.’” Such methods had the 
* Barreau : Journ. de Med. Vet. Milit.,1862, p. 18. 
