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firmation of what has been said ; but after the positive cha- 
racter of the cases brought forward by him, the experience 
he has so long enjoyed in the prosecution of his plan of 
treatment, and the successful issues of which he assures us, 
such would only amount to a needless repetition. I may, 
however, be allowed to state, in conclusion, that from my own 
experience in the matter, I find the greatest nicety to exist in 
the symptomatology, which does Mr. Gamgee very great 
credit, and he richly deserves our best thanks for his highly 
interesting papers. 
I cannot divest myself of the thought, that the treatment 
of colic has been greatly disregarded, and our w r ant of atten- 
tion much to be condemned ; however, as ff5 tis never too late 
to mend,” I hope we have at length arrived at a com- 
mencement. 
OPEN STIFLE JOINT IN A FILLY. 
By W. E. Cox, Student of Veterinary Medicine, Ashbourne. 
We were called in, during the Christmas vacation, to attend 
a filly, the property of Mr. Wright, of Tissington, which was 
said to have bruised or injured its leg in front of the stifle. 
When we arrived we found a punctured wound, as if made 
with a hay-fork, situated immediately where the patella 
articulates with the tibia, and a discharge from it of a straw- 
coloured viscid fluid. Having caught a few drops of the 
fluid, and added a little nitric acid, which formed with it a 
coagulum, our diagnosis could only be that it was a case of 
open-joint with synovial discharge. Prognosis uncertain. 
The part being much tumefied, we immediately ordered cool- 
ing applications to be applied to the limb, directing, at the 
same time, that the filly be kept quiet, and resorted to the 
antiphlogistic treatment. We visited our patient on the 
second day, and found the synovia escaping more freely. 
We now commenced our treatment of the wound by ordering 
first the application of a styptic, and afterwards a traumatic, 
then giving pressure by the hand ; relays of men being had 
for eight successive days. Fever and laxative medicines were 
administered as found necessary, and the patient kept in a 
standing nosition. This treatment was continued for several 
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