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_ and the antiseptic pad changed. At each visit the animal’s 
_ condition must be carefully noted. So long as constitutional 
. disturbance is slight, the foot appears comfortable, is free 
from marked heat and tenderness, and pawing movements 
are absent, and so long as the discharge on the pad appears 
non-purulent, free from marked odour, and small in quantity, 
then this dressing may be persisted in. 
This treatment of open joint, preventive as it is of arthritis, 
is also indicated in the case of open navicular bursa. In 
several instances we have practised this treatment for the 
dressing of wounds implicating the burs of tendons and 
the capsules of joints. It is also spoken of favourably by 
Mr. C. H. Flynn in the American Veterinary Review for 
June, 1888, whose treatment is as follows: ‘Place the 
patient in a clean, well-ventilated, and drained stable. 
Have all the litter removed, and insist on the stall being 
kept clean. Hither place the animal in slings, or tie the 
head so as to prevent lying down. Clip the hair and cleanse 
the parts well. He prefers the corrosive sublimate solution 
(1 in 1,000). Should the wound be of two or more days’ 
standing, inject the joint with the corrosive sublimate 
solution. Now dry the parts with a clean towel and sprinkle 
the wound with iodoform. Over this place a thick layer of 
absorbent cotton-wool, filled with iodoform, bandage securely, 
and keep the patient on a moderate diet, preserving the 
utmost quietude possible. Should the bandage remain in 
position and the animal free from pain, leave the bandage and 
dressing in place from five days to a week. Then change 
it, and should the discharge be little, do not disturb it, but 
renew the iodoform and cotton dressing, leaving it on for 
another week.’ 
Other treatments for the same condition are practised, in 
which the wound is dusted with powdered iodoform, with 
potassium permanganate, or with corrosive sublimate, or 
where the wound, instead of being dusted, has the corrosive 
sublimate applied in the form of a plug. In each case the 
preliminary irrigation with the corrosive sublimate solution 
is dispensed with. This, however, should on no account be 
