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NEUROTOMY. 
directed a cold application to be kept constantly applied to the 
leg and foot, and four bran mashes (warm) to be given her 
daily. 
31s£. — Finding the leg and foot sufficiently cool, and having 
cast the mare and properly secured her, I proceeded to operate, 
preferring the upper section to the lower, it being sometimes ne- 
cessary to perform the higher operation after the lower, and also 
the eyes of all the farriers in the neighbourhood being on me ; 
so that had I performed the lower operation, and failed, they 
would have readily caught hold of it, and circulated reports 
much to my injury and reputation as a young practitioner. 
Having made a section about two inches long, and cleared away 
the integuments, exposing the artery, vein, and nerve, I cut 
away about one inch of the nerve, and, having turned the mare, 
did the like on the contrary side of her leg. I placed two su- 
tures on each wound, and kept the edges together by means of 
strips of adhesive plaister. Being now freed from her shackles, 
she walked away without the least lameness, much to the sur- 
prise of the people present, and to the delight of the owner. I 
had her again placed in the stable, and tied up to the rack, to 
prevent her biting her leg, and directed the cold applications and 
the mashes to be continued. 
September 2 d . — -The inside section was nearly healed, and the 
sutures had given way, both on the inside and outside section. 
Continued the adhesive plaister. 
4 tli . — The owner had incautiously turned her out again to 
grass, thinking that she was quite well : she bit off her bandage, 
and again laid open both wounds. I brought the edges together 
with adhesive plaister, and had her again taken into the stable, 
and sent a cold lotion to be applied outside the bandage, and to 
be kept constantly wet. She was very lame. 
tSth . — The wounds looked healthy, and she could walk with- 
out lameness on an even surface ; but on being walked on a 
stony surface, she went lame. 
8th . — Walks without lameness, and wounds better : disconti- 
nued the cold lotions. 
10£/*. — Inside wound healed, and walks without lameness, but 
could not trot without lameness. 
12 th . — The outside wound is nearly healed. Ordered her to 
be shod with a thick-heeled shoe, to wear a boot around her leg, 
and to be turned out to grass. 
18^A. — The granulations had increased above the surface, and 
I applied the lunar caustic. 
24^. — Wound no better : applied the actual cautery and con- 
tinued the plaisters. 
