170 OPEEATIONS ON THE SKIN AND CELLULAR TISSUE. 



gether, to avoid sloughing of the skin; never fire beyond the 

 second degree ; avoid burning the coronary band. Eesults : gen- 

 erally efficacious, but necessary to repeat it. 



Fetlock. — Articular or tendinous windgaUs ; exostosis ; perios- 

 titis after sprains or arthritis ; induration of tendons ; cold infil- 

 trations and induration of cellular tissue; knuckhng. Apphed 

 in parallel lines, vertical in front and slightly obUque behind. Ee- 

 sults : not so satisfactory, though in many cases favorable. 



Gannon. — Sphnts ; callous and thick tendons ; cold infiltra- 

 tion and induration of cellular tissue. Applied as in the fetlock. 

 Eesults : generally very satisfactory ; second firing is often re- 

 quired. 



Knee. — Articular and tendinous synovial dilatations at any 

 part of the joint ; hygroma; bony deposits. Applied in paraUel 

 Unes, vertical in front or oblique on the lateral faces. Very ad- 

 vantageous for synovial dilatations and hygroma ; less so in exos- 

 tosis. 



Forearm. — Bony growths of any kind ; muscular weakness, 

 manifested by sprung knee. Lines parallel to the axis of the re- 

 gion. Beneficial for exostosis ; doubtful in the other cases. 



Elbow-joifit. — Bony deposits ; dilatation of articular synovial 

 sac. In parallel lines. Eesults very satisfactory. 



Arm. — Weakness of olecranon muscles. In Hnes parallel to 

 the hairs. Eesults very doubtful. 



Shoulder. — Muscular atrophy ; paralysis ; diseases of the artic- 

 ulation, dilatation of the coraco-radialis bursse ; lameness of un- 

 known nature, and located in that region, may involve the en- 

 tire region, or it may only cover the scapulo-humeral angle. In 

 the first case, apphed in Unes paraUel to the direction of the 

 hail', extending from the upper to the lower end of the scapula, 

 the firing has an oval shape; in the second case, the firing is 

 circular, and forms parts of two parallel lines, sUghtly oblique to 

 each other. Generally advantageous in atrophy and occult lame- 

 ness, doubtful in paralysis, not so much in articular or tendinous 

 diseases. 



Hook. — Articular or tendinous tumors, hygroma, dilatation of 

 the burssB of the extensors of the cannon and flexors of the foot, 

 bony growths, peripheric periostitis, cold infiltrations, and indura- 

 tions of cellular tissue. Drawings of the firing at the hock vary, 

 according as it may be desired to fire the entire joint or only part. 



