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and the whole maintained in position with a bandage 
previously soaked in a 1 in 500 solution of perchloride of 
mercury. Once on, this dressing should be allowed to 
remain until healing is complete. Should the animal 
manifest pain, however, by constantly pawing, or should 
swelling and heat of the parts be suspected, the bandage 
should be removed, and the condition of the wound 
ascertained. 
An excellent example of the value of this method of 
treatment is that given below: 
‘I call to mind a valuable hunter in my practice a few 
seasons since, who, whilst hunting, we suppose, struck 
himself in the way we suggest. He not only removed the 
superior portion of the inner heel, but tore about 3 inches 
of the hoof from the top nearly to the bottom. This was 
clapped back by the owner, tied with a handkerchief, and 
the horse removed home. When the handkerchief was 
removed, I confess I did not think the horse looked at all 
like hunting again. The heel was fairly pulled down, the 
portion of the hoof that was hanging to it I could easily 
have wrenched off. The parts were fomented, however, 
with warm water which was slightly carbolized. I then 
removed a great portion of the heel and the lateral cartilage, 
which was split; placed the portion of hoof again on the 
laminez, smothered the wound with iodoform pulv., covered 
it with cotton-wool packing, and all the boracic acid I could 
get it to hold. A piece of linen bandage was then tightly 
wrapped a few times round, and the lot enclosed in a 
plaster-of-Paris bandage. I did not undo it for a fortnight, 
when, to my great pleasure, the heel and hoof presented a 
highly satisfactory appearance. I did it up in much the 
same way for another ten days, then put the sand-crack 
clamps into the hoof and fixed it to the sound part. The 
hoof remained in position while the new horn grew from 
the top, and the horse hunted again the same season.’ * 
Sequels.—EHither of the complications we have mentioned 
—as, for instance, Arthritis, Sand-crack, or Quittor—may 
* Veterinary Record, vol. ix., p. 501 (Bower). 
