PYiEMIA IN THE HORSE. 
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17th. — The abscess above the knee was fully formed. 
I opened it; quite half a pint of thick pus escaped, after 
which the mare was very much easier. 
18th. — The owner, not being satisfied about the case, 
wished for another opinion^ and accordingly Mr. Buckeridge, 
of Hungerford, was called in, who with Mr. H. Hussey and 
myself visited the patient. We found her lying down and 
groaning from pain. When made to rise a large swelling was 
observed around and above the shoulder-joint, besides which 
six or seven small abscesses had formed and broken on 
different parts of the leg ; pus was freely discharging from all 
of them, also from the posterior part of the coronet. 
Mr. Buckeridge gave but little hope of recovery. Indeed, 
he thought the mare would die in twenty-four hours ; but 
as she had lived so long, and there being a free discharge of 
pus, Mr. Hussey and I were of opinion that there was a fair 
prospect of recovery. At length, after a long discussion the 
owner consented to have the case treated, and this decision 
having been arrived at, it was determined to adopt measures 
calculated to promote specific suppurative action in the inflamed 
part below the elbow-joint. Subsequently, carbolic acid 
dressings were applied, as the case progressed favorably. * 
September 2nd. — By this date the patient was feeding 
very well ; the swelling on the shoulder and arm had 
decreased ; the knee and fetlock-joint were, however, still 
stiff. I opened another abscess on the coronet ; the treatment 
was continued, and the mare turned into a pasture for a 
few hours during the day, having the leg covered up from the air. 
5th. — Swelling around shoulder had entirely disappeared; 
opened another abscess on the inside of the arm ; the 
knee- and fetlock-joints were still very stiff, and tender on 
pressure being applied. The mare knuckles over at the fet- 
lock, and walks upon her toe. 
6th. — The sole of the foot thin and the old frog removed, a 
new one having grown beneath. A three-quarter shoe with a 
large clip at the toe was applied, which greatly facilitated 
her walking; the knee- and fetlock -joints were stimulated 
with vinegar of cantharides, and the carbolic acid solution still 
applied to the wounds. 
9th. — Wound on outside of leg healing up, and the 
discharge diminishing ; the leg was thoroughly cleaned with 
warm water, & c. 
12th. — Applied a vesicatory to the leg from the shoulder 
to the coronet. 
15th. — The knee is not so hard nor stiff, but the fetlock- 
joint is more so, and she is not able to bend it; another 
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