DIVISION OF THE FLEXOR TENDON. 
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Thus the two ends of the tendon were brought 
together, and a little tow dipped in balsamic 
tincture was applied firmly to the wound by a 
thin bandage. The shoe with the stay was nailed 
to the foot, and firmly buckled to the leg. The 
leg was fomented three times a-day. I abstract- 
ed some blood, and gave him two mild doses 
of physic, followed by a little fever medicine ; 
dressing the wound once in two days, until 
the beginning of March, when, the wound being 
healed, I put a large charge on the leg, and 
buckled on the stay as before : this was suf- 
fered to remain until May, when I ordered shoe, 
stay, and all to be taken off. I then blistered 
the leg, and turned the animal out to grass, 
where he remained until the middle of July; 
he was then taken up and put to work as before, 
with not the least perceptible lameness. He remained sound 
afterwards, although they kept and worked him regularly in the 
same manner as their other horses for six or seven years. 
I should have stated, in a former part of this narrative, that on the 
second day after the accident, Mr. L. met with a veterinary surgeon, 
since deceased, who happened to be going that way, and mention- 
ed the circumstance to him; and that he, in a very knowing manner, 
told Mr. L. that it was quite impossible that the tendon could 
join together again, so as to be of any service afterwards ; but he 
would see it, and if he found the tendon to be divided, he should 
at once recommend Mr. Loyd to have the horse shot. Mr. L., 
with much good and kind feeling, immediately sent for me to be 
present at the examination. I came ; the bandages were taken 
off; he examined the wound, and immediately declared that the 
tendon was actually cut in two, and that it was as impossible 
to unite it again, so as to be of any service, as it was to make a 
new leg. He then took me on one side, and told me I must be 
a fool to attempt any such thing ; for he could assure me that it 
had been tried by many of the principal veterinary practitioners, 
and had never yet succeeded ; and that it would lose me the con- 
fidence of my employers by its failure, &c. I replied, that I be- 
lieved his intentions were good, for which I thanked him ; but 
though his name, his age, and his experience, must have great 
weight, yet I neither did nor would pin my faith or my practice 
upon any man’s sleeve: that I was determined, if Mr. Loyd would 
keep his agreement, I would persevere, and give the case a fair 
trial, and then I should be satisfied, but not until then. The 
result of the experiment was, in due time, communicated by Mr. 
