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durated and tender; but the motion of the jaws, and the power 
of flexion and extension in the neck, were little interfered with. 
By means of blisters, &c., this swelling and induration in a 
great measure subsided ; but the matter discharged from the fis- 
tulous opening was of too ichorous a character, and there was 
evidently a deep-seated abscess, which was opened. The pus 
which it contained was thin and foetid, with some portions of 
fibrinous matter floating in it. Altogether, however, the animal 
evidently improved until the 5th of October, when towards 
evening he was much depressed, fed but little, pawed from 
time to time, and drooped his head. This was immediately 
attributed to fatigue, from his having been kept in a standing 
position, with his head secured, so as to render it impossible for 
him to rub his neck. On examination, some symptoms of foun- 
der were supposed to be recognized, yet he stood more firmly on 
his feet than is usual in that disease. It being evident, however, 
that he laboured under considerable fever, eight pounds of blood 
were taken from the saphena vein, and a stimulating embroca- 
tion was applied to the fore-arm and the thighs. 
6th . — On visiting him, Professor Renault ascertained that the 
near fore-leg alone was affected, and that the cause of lameness 
was in the fetlock. He thought that the joint was sprained, 
without, however, being able otherwise to explain the cause of the 
sprain than as connected with the great fatigue which must ne- 
cessarily be produced by standing eight days. Frictions of spi- 
rit of camphor and lavender were ordered, and the joint was 
bandaged. During the same day more fibrinous flocculi were 
discharged from the neck. 
7th . — The lameness continued, but the febrile symptoms 
were much abated. The treatment continued. 
8th and 9th . — The lameness diminished ; the wound in the 
neck was also rapidly healing. The pus had lost its ichorous 
appearance and foetid smell. 
10th, 11 th and 12th . — The lameness daily diminished, and at 
length disappeared. 
13 th and 14 th . — No lameness, but there was an indolent en- 
largement of the fetlock, to which camphorated spirit was ap- 
plied. A fibrinous clot, seemingly of the length of the fistula, 
escaped from the neck, and the wound soon afterwards healed. 
1 6 th . — There is lameness of the right hind-leg. The flexor 
tendons are the parts chiefly affected. There was no apparent 
cause for it, and M. Renault supposed it to be connected with 
rheumatism. A liniment, containing opium, was applied to the 
part, and this producing no effect, the camphorated spirit was 
again had recourse to, alternated with the opiate embrocations. 
