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formed, the synovia stopped running, the swelling and the lameness had 
disappeared. Fifteen days later, recovery was complete. With injec 
tions of perchloride of iron, Leblanc stopped a synovial discharge of the 
shoulder in eight days. 
In our day, one must resort to antisepsy to prevent the infection. 
of the joint. Called for a recent wound, the veterinarian should 
disinfect it with solution of sublimate, phenic acid or cresyl. If it is a. 
prick, it will be closed with iodoformed or sublimated collodion. Large. 
wounds should be reduced by stitches on their upper angle and covered. 
with iodoform or a plaster of sublimate. If already the infection is pro- 
duced, if the synovia runs purulent, by a free incision the joint must be 
opened and irrigations made with Van Swieten fluid. Most generally it 
is better to destroy the animal. As remarked by Mitaut, scapulo-hu- 
meral arthritis seems, indeed, to be one of the most severe of the ex- 
tremities. 
IT.— Humero-Radio-Cubital Joint. 
According to -Percivall, penetrating wounds of the elbow must be 
classed among the most rebel. Rey says that they are those which 
have seemed to be most dangerous. Mitaut has never cured any. Still, 
some successes are recorded. 
Mercier has related the case of a horse suffering with a deep wound 
of the external face of the joint; there existed a narrow fistula, with 
escape of synovia; the wound was cauterized with the red iron, so as. 
to form a superficial eschar; recovery was obtained in two weeks. The 
patient of Pauleau presented alarming symptoms. After the prick of a 
fork in the elbow there occurred a large swelling, warm, very painful, 
and accompanied with high febrile reaction; a few days after a rough 
surface could be seen on the humerus and radius at the bottom of the 
wound. ‘The diseased bony surfaces were cauterized and frequent 
injections of tincture of aloes were made in the joint; recovery took 
place after a long time. A few successes have been obtained by Tisser- 
ant with emollients and blisters; by Rey with the red iron, and Rabet 
water; by Delorme with sublimate. The first observation of Verrier re~ 
lates to a penetrating wound of the elbow produced by akick. The horse. 
was very lame, a warm and painful swelling extending from the middle 
part of the arm to the elbow; fever was high; synovia escaped in clots. 
‘through the wound. During twenty-one days, emollients, tincture of 
aloes and cauterization were successively employed, all in vain. In. 
two weeks, with zegyptiacum introduced three times a day in the fistula, 
the synovial discharge was stopped and the lameness removed. Again 
with zgyptiacum, Salle obtained the recovery in a month, without blem- 
