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‘halter ; the wound was wide, the articular surfaces could be felt with the 
= : finger ; tight linen rollers coated with starch were applied from the 
_ "pasterns to the knee; after a month, the horse worked. In Observation 
_ WIIT it was a cow which had one of her metacarpo-phalangeal joints 
ae opened with a hook. The treatment was begun the fifteenth day. A 
. splinter was first removed, a starched bandage applied ; nineteen days 
vafter, the wound was all healed. 
Continued irrigation has its part of success (Duvieusart, Arnal, 
Sinoir). In ‘Sinoir’s case, the deep wound existed for a week, the 
lameness was very great, andthe fever. high. -In a few days, irrigation 
‘brought on the closing of the synovial wound. In the report of Verrier, 
‘recoveries by egyptiacum are mentioned, which were obtained no less 
“rapidly. Observation II was a peculiarly serious case. After enlarging 
‘of the wound and egyptiacum injections made three times a day, 
‘recovery occurred in two weeks. Many other successes were obtained 
‘with the same agent. More recently, Aureggio has related cases of 
cures by injections or dressings of glycerine. 
For arthritis of the fetlock, as for others, all those treatments must 
make room for antisepsy. A recent wound should be ‘irrigated with 
‘tepid Van Swieten solution, then covered with an iodoformed wadded 
- dressing. One of us has published the excellent results obtained with 
this method. 
If already the articular infection exists, free incision of the wound 
- should be followed by frequent injections in the joint. Mauri and his 
pupil Negre have recommended sublimate. 
In the case of Mauri, a blister was applied upon the whole joint and 
’ frequent injections of Van Swieten made in the fistula. The third day, 
the discharge was already reduced; the seventh, it had stopped en- 
‘tirely; the animal walked in its box, resting on the whole plantar sur- 
face. With the patient treated by Negre, the same treatment was used 
- (blister and Van Swieten injections every two hours); recovery took 
place rapidly. 
VII.—Phalangeal Joint. 
Although deep wounds of the first phalangeal joint are quite common, 
‘only rare observations are related. In that of Mercier, published in 
1826, the joint was open transversely for about one centimeter and a 
half; there was no standing on the leg. Dressings of compound 
“tincture of camphor brought on recovery in fifteen days. A horse 
treated by Verrier had a wound of the anterior face of the pastern; a 
- flap of skin had been torn, the joint was open. “ Bleeding, baths, 
‘poultices, then egyptiacum, closed the wound in fourteen days.” The 
