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THE USE OF THE MYLABRIS CICHORII. 
to remove the bandage and dressings. The upper portion of 
the wound had adhered, but from the lower part a mixed dis- 
charge of pus and synovia was escaping. Two of the sutures, 
having lost their chief hold, were taken away. Granulations 
were forming, and the general condition of the parts satisfac- 
tory. Dress and bandage as before. 
Tivelfth day . Since the last report, the improvement has 
been great. The dressing being removed, showed that the 
opening into the joint was nearly closed by granulations. 
Apply Tinct. Myrrh. Comp., and a light bandage. 
Fourteenth day . The synovia being stopped and the wound 
all but healed, the horse was removed for the first time from 
his stall. The slight exertion, however, of being led into the 
yard gave so much pain that I deemed it advisable to with- 
draw more blood, repeat the aperient, and have the whole 
joint immersed in a linseed poultice. 
Eighteenth day. Lameness very much abated. Bears fairly 
on the foot. Apply a liquid blister to the joint. 
Twenty-fifth day. Convalescent. Well enough to take 
moderate exercise. 
In somewhat less than three weeks from this date, my 
patient was able to resume work, being used chiefly as a 
“ cover hack," which duty he performed without any failure. 
I have been induced to record this case, because it was 
the first treated by me on the plan above described. It 
occurred in ‘Sept. 1831. 
ON THE USE OF THE MYLABRIS CICHORII. 
By B. Cartledge, M.R.C.Y.S., Sheffield. 
Dear Sir. — A few months ago, you were kind enough to 
send to me, requesting my trial of them, some of the blistering 
beetles, 4C Mylabris dehorn I have not only used all you 
forwarded, but so pleased have I been with their action that 
now the Ol. Mylabris forms my chief vesicant. I have em- 
ployed it extensively, and I have no doubt of its ultimately be- 
coming more generally used than the 01. Canthariclis vesicatoria. 
The action of the Mylabris is energetic and decisive, and the 
preparation in the Ol. Olivae forms a neater compound than 
the ordinary blister oil. Nor are these the only advantages 
these vesicants offer. Their cheapness compared with Can- 
tharides is a consideration where blisters are largely em- 
ployed, and in cases where Cantharides, by their action on 
the kidneys are inadmissible — the Mylabris, whose effect on 
