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PYAEMIA IN THE HORSE. 
abscess is forming on the inner side of the arm, to which a 
blister was applied. Argenti Nitras was applied to the edges 
of the wound on the leg. 
16th.* — Opened the abscess on the arm, applied a vesicating 
liniment to the leg, and again dressed the wounds with a 
diluted solution of carbolic acid. 
The owner, thinking the expenses of treatment and keep 
would be more than the patient was worth, refused to have 
her attended to any longer ; she was then purchased by 
Mr. Hussey and myself for experiment, as we considered it 
a highly interesting case. She was removed to a field at 
Posterne; was allowed a good nutritious diet, as corn, peas, 
&c. ; she had also the option of being either in the field or 
the stable. 
24th. — Patient much better in general condition ; 
evidently one leg is improving ; applied a blister to the leg, 
and continued to give the tonic medicine. 
October 2nd. — Opened another small abscess on the inner 
side of the arm ; a quantity of thick pus escaped. The abscess 
was kept open for six or seven days, and the tonic medicine 
continued. 
18th. — The abscesses and abraded surfaces about the leg 
are healed, the tip shoe was removed, and a common shoe 
applied to the off fore foot ; the fetlock is still enlarged ; the 
Ung. Hydrarg. Biniodidi was applied around the joint ; tonic 
medicine continued as before. 
22nd. — Fetlock -joint not so large ; the compound iodine 
ointment applied ; tonic powders discontinued, and the 
following ball given once a day for four successive days : 
Iodide of Potassium, ^iss ; 
Pulv. Canth., gr. vj ; 
Pulv. Gentiana, 5ij ; 
Pulv. Cupri Sulph., 
November 2nd. — Swelling of fetlock-joint decreased some- 
what. The Ung. Iodine Co. again applied, and the balls as 
above given for four days. 
14th. — The mare trotted round the field nearly sound. A 
blister was repeated to the fetlock -joint, as there is still an 
enlargement. 
December 3rd. — The mare is going sound ; there is a slight 
enlargement of the fetlock-joint. She was led into Devizes, 
and had her shoes removed. Subsequently she was put to work 
on Mr. Hussey's farm. No defect, excepting the presence 
of the enlargement as mentioned above, now exists. 
