ON CARP1TIS. 
604 
rest, without any treatment, restored him. For a few months after 
I sold him I occasionally saw him, and he still continued sound. 
A chestnut mare, six years old, belonging to Mr. F., was brought, 
lame of the near fore limb. The history given of the case was, 
that she had fallen down, between two and three months before, 
merely cutting her knees. When nearly well, and beginning to be 
used, she shewed symptoms of lameness. Blisters were advised by 
the practitioner attending her, and applied from the hoof to the 
middle of each arm. When fit, turned out; and in six weeks 
came up sound. The exercise given to get her fit for work in a 
few days rendered her lame. Another practitioner, considering it 
to arise from disease of the foot, advised standing in wet clay. 
This was also adopted for some time, but with the effect of in- 
creasing the lameness, the most so when first removed from the 
clay. After this varied and long-continued treatment I looked 
upon it as almost hopeless ; but still something was worth trying. 
After a careful examination, I came to the conclusion that the seat 
of mischief was in the knee, and advised, as the only probable 
means of obtaining relief, firing, which was accordingly done, as 
in the previous case. At the end of a week she went sound. Suf- 
ficient rest was given to allow the weakened parts to recover their 
tone, when she went to her usual work, light draught, and con- 
tinued sound for about two years, when I lost sight of her. 
A black gelding, belonging to W. P., Esq., lame of the off fore 
limb ; quite recent. No symptom could be detected by careful ex- 
amination, either in the foot or leg, to account for the lameness. 
I supposed it to be situate in the flexor tendons, and applied cold 
lotion, and bled from the pastern veins. No relief being obtained, 
blood was taken from the toe, and stimulants applied to the supposed 
seat of mischief. These methods of treatment occupied fourteen 
or fifteen days : still no amendment. It occurred to me that this 
might be a case of carpitis, though the diagnostic symptoms of that 
disease, which I had laid down for my guidance, were not recog- 
nizable ; but knowing how anomalous some cases are as regards 
diagnostic symptoms, I determined to attack the knee joint, and 
applied olea alba §ss, tinct. lyttse c. 3ij over the inside of the knee 
of the affected limb, and repeated daily, until moderate vesication 
was induced. Under this treatment the horse became, in a week, 
nearly sound, and shortly after returned to work quite sound. He 
remained so for a few months, when he again became lame. After 
the result of the former attack, I at once followed the same treat- 
ment as proved successful before : this soon restored the animal to 
soundness ; but I could not now consider this likely to prove any 
thing but temporary, and gave an opinion accordingly. 
As I anticipated, a few months again brought the horse under my 
