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strangles bad formed beneath the larynx and between the branches 
of the lower jaw, which was opened, and other needful treatment 
adopted. The tube was removed a few days afterwards, since 
which time to the present (September 12th) gradual recovery has 
been and is still going on, and there is every reason to suppose the 
case will eventually perfectly recover. It is worthy of remark, 
that, at the time, breathing in this case was so laborious as to 
require tracheotomy for the preservation of the horse’s life, and there 
was not the slightest enlargement to indicate formation of the ab- 
scess until ten days afterwards. 
The case of opened synovial cavity occurred in a black cart 
mare belonging to a coal-merchant. We were requested to see 
her in the beginning of August, and were informed that, seven 
weeks before, she had fallen under a heavy cart of coals when de- 
scending a hill. The consequence was, that both knees were severely 
wounded ; one of which, however, by the time we were called in, 
was almost well, the wound not having penetrated the joint. The 
synovial cavity of the middle row of carpal bones of the other 
limb was, however, extensively opened; the tendon of the extensor 
metacarpi magnum being lacerated, and its bursa also opened. 
The wound having been open seven weeks, and being, together 
with the tendon and ligaments, in a sloughing condition, presenting 
altogether an apparent hopeless character, we stated to the owner 
that little chance of recovery existed, and that, provided the articular 
cavity could be closed, the probability was that anchylosis would 
be the consequence. He would not, however, suffer the animal 
to be destroyed, stating his own absence from home, and the care- 
lessness of the carter, as reasons why the case had been so long 
neglected, and requested us to undertake the treatment of it. 
We accordingly did so, proceeding first to fix the joint, which was 
conveniently effected by means of narrow strips of wood nearly as 
long as the limb, fastened together with leather hinges, properly 
padded and secured to the leg, but so as to admit changing the 
dressings without being removed themselves. Measures were 
then taken to bring the wound into a healthy condition, and to 
close the synovial cavity, which were attended with success ; and, 
notwithstanding the once apparently hopeless nature of the case, it 
is now, after a month’s treatment, with the exception of a scar in 
the situation of the wound and some enlargement of the knee, re- 
covered without anchylosis of the joint. 
Two cases of cramp are the only others worthy of particular 
notice. The affection occurred in the off hind leg in both instances. 
The one, a bay gelding, had been under the care of a farrier for 
about a week for influenza ; he had twice lost a small quantity of 
blood, medicine had been given, and his chest blistered. The 
