-TRAUMATIC ARTHRITIS. (540. 
of Salle, it was a mare that, from a kick on the antero-internal face of the-. 
hock, had the joint opened. Ten days of egyptiacum treatment brought. 
on recovery. Let us also mention the cures obtained by repeated in- 
jections of glycerine in the fistulas. 
But with all these treatments, failures have been numerous. Anti-- 
septic means ought to be preferred. Sublimate or nitrate of silver in- 
troduced in the fistula (Barthe, Ribaud) are not as good as injections of 
‘Van Swieten. 
With extensive wounds, after disinfection, the edges must be brought 
together with few sutures. 
If already inflammation has spread to the synovial, again antiseptic 
irritation must be preferred. When there are bony lesions, as in the 
ease of Barreau, where the cuboid was fractured, no treatment ought to be 
undertaken. 
VI.—Fetlock Joint. 
This articulation is one of the most exposed to injuries. With emol- 
lients, Gellé has obtained the cicatrization of a deep wound of the fetlock 
produced with a prick ofa fork. In the case of Corroy, emollients and. 
tincture of aloes dressings also brought on recovery. Prétot treated. 
with baths and dressings of tincture of aloes an articular wound of the 
fetlock, following too severe firing, and complicated with partial necrosis. 
of the first phalanx ; recovery was obtained in twenty-fivedays. Witha 
deep wound of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, Feuvrier used first emol- 
lients, afterwards lines firing all over the fetlock. In less than a month,. 
the horse resumed work. 
In one of the observations of Rey, there was a large wound on the 
anterior face of the fetlock with synovial discharge. The joint was very 
painful and the leg swollen up to the hock. Several blistering applica~ 
tions were followed by radical recovery. Sublimate has also given ex-~. 
cellent results. In the Observation III of Rey, there was a deep wound. 
of the right hind fetlock, with purulent synovial discharge; in eleven . 
days he was cured with three successive applications of sublimate, 
Observation IV presented, on the left anterior fetlock, a bruised wound, 
15 centimeters long and ro wide, complicated with open joint; three. 
applications of sublimate arrested the synovial flow. In the case of 
Knoll, it was a horse which had a wide deep wound of the left fore fet~ 
lock, the joint and the great sesamoid sheath were open. After trying - 
emollients for fifteen days, sublimate was resorted to, and the wound. 
healed in twenty days. Guilmot has advocated starched dressing. 
Observations II, III, IV and VIII of his report, relate to the fetlock:- 
joint. In the first, a two-year-colt had it opened with the rope of his’. 
