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OPEN ELBOW- JOINT. 
April 28th, 1843, I was called in, and found the horse on 
three feet, and unable to put the fourth to the ground. From re- 
action there is a considerable degree of fever, and the appetite 
impaired. I had the shoe taken off, and discovered a large portion 
of the sensible sole in a state of canker. I removed all the de- 
tached horn and part of the fungus; dressed the parts with 
chloride of antimony, and applied a poultice to the foot, the dress- 
ing to be repeated morning and evening. He was put into a loose 
box, ordered to have fever medicine, and to be fed on a laxative 
diet. In four weeks he was shod with a leather sole, and resumed 
his work. 
In all diseases of the foot of the horse, it is a great saving to 
the proprietor to call in the aid of the veterinary surgeon as early 
as possible, particularly in cases of canker ; for if that is not ar- 
rested in the commencement, it soon involves the whole of the 
vascular parts of the foot, and not unfrequentlv bids defiance to 
every mode of treatment. 
Open Elbow-joint. 
On the 6th of May, 1842, I was requested to examine a four- 
year-old draught horse, belonging to Mr. Burnet, of Ardross, 
who, ten days previously, received a kick in the elbow-joint. It 
did not occasion immediate lameness, consequently he was kept 
at work eight days, when he became seriously lame. On ex- 
amination it is found that he keeps his leg in a flexed position. 
The muscles of the fore arm are greatly swollen, and synovia is 
escaping in large quantities from the joint. The pulse was 80, 
and the appetite impaired. He appeared to suffer excessive pain, 
and refused his oats. I told the owner I had little hope of his 
recovery. He was bled and fever medicine was administered. He 
was also ordered mashes and hay, and a little fresh grass. The 
actual cautery was applied to the sinus, and bandages to the limb, 
which was frequently repeated without success. Lotions of various 
kinds, and also lime, were applied. In two weeks the inflam- 
mation of the muscles was less, but the discharge had now assumed 
a muco-purulent character, there is a greater degree of lameness, 
and the animal is sadly fallen off in condition. I recommended 
that he should be destroyed. Being about to open an establish- 
ment in Glasgow, I lost sight of him, and lately received a letter 
stating that the horse died four weeks after I left, and that the 
bones of the joint were quite rough and diseased. 
