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by other hands. In every case it his expedited the operation and 
thereby shortened the period of the animal’s suffering. 
The after-treatment of neurotomy consists in letting well alone, if all 
goes on rightly. Should pus make its appearance, bathe the wounds, 
thrice daily, with the solution of chloride of zinc, one grain to the ounce 
of water. Remove the bandages from the legs after the horse has 
MR. WOODGER’S NEUROTOMY KNIFE. 
To use this instrument.—After the nerve is raised, insert the crooked point, with the edge toward the 
body of the horse; then drive the knife forward. By this simple means the cutting portion of the blade 
is brought violently in contact with the nerve, which is excised at the proper point, and about an inch is 
left hanging out below the incision. 
entered the stable. The incisions heal more readily when exposed to 
the stimulating effects of the air. Place a cradle round the horse’s neck, 
and feed liberally. Avoid all pur- 
gative medicine; you now want an 
injury repaired, and do not desire to 
reduce the vital energy. 
When the wounds have healed, the 
horse may be gradually taken once 
more to work, but it should not be 
fully used. Excessive and too early 
labor is the cause of the many serious 
objections taken to a merciful oper- 
ation. The horse for some period 
_ THE AWKWARD TREAD OF A HORSE WHEN 
does not feel his foot. He does not NEWLY NEUROTOMIZED. 
flex the pastern as the hoof nears the 
ground. The foot is placed flat upon the earth, and with a kind of sen- 
sible jar, as though the animal had made ‘“‘a false step.” This pecu- 
liarity unfits the quadruped to trot upon stones, or hard roads, until it 
has learned “to handle its feet,” or to accommodate the tread to the 
new condition of the hoof. 
OPERATIONS—DIVISION OF THE TENDONS. 
Many horses when standing knuckle over to such an extent as threatens 
to throw them upon their knees. Others can only put the toe of the 
hind leg to the ground. The natural use of the limb is equally injured 
in each ease: the fore legs of the horse support the body and the burden; 
the hind legs propel the carcass and the load. Both are deformed by 
