Facts and Observations. 
TREATMENT OE ENLARGED BTJRS.E BY CAUSTICS. 
Mr. J. Prowse, M.R.C.S., Clifton, in a letter in the 
Lancet , states, that he has been in the habit of removing en- 
larged bursae by means of lunar caustic applied in the form 
of the stick, moistened with a little water, and rubbed over 
the whole surface of the enlargement for the space of some 
minutes. In most cases, this treatment will be found effec- 
tual, where blisters, the tincture of iodine, &c., have been of 
little use, and it will obviate the necessity of passing setons 
through the tumour, or of removing it by means of dissec- 
tion. 
Is there anything suggestive in this? 
TREATMENT OE OPEN-JOINT. 
Mr. P. Smale informs us, that his mode of treating open- 
joint, consists in first cleansing the wound, for the purpose 
of removing any extraneous matters that may be in it, then 
applying a paste, about the consistence of cream, made of pul- 
verized aloes and a weak solution of the chloride of zinc. 
With this the cavity of the wound is filled, a dosset of tow 
laid on it, and over the whole a linen bandage, kept wet with 
cold water is placed. This is allowed to remain on for three 
or four days, the horse’s head being tied up so as to prevent his 
lying down 3 or disturbing the dressings. If after that time, 
any escape of synovia takes place, the application of the 
paste is repeated ; but in most cases, he says, he finds it to 
be stopped. 
TREATMENT OE ENTERITIS. 
Mr. C. Parnell has forwarded to us for insertion, a case 
of enteritis in a horse ; the successful treatment of which he, 
in a great measure, attributes to his having applied counter- 
irritants over the loins, as being nearer the large trunks of 
the blood-vessels, thus diverting the action of their ra- 
