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ON DEEP FIRING. 
of the extensor pedis bare — the fired leg kept in a less relaxed 
position. 
] 1 th day.— The horse has purged — fifty hours since the admi- 
nistration of the aloes. The leg straight, but not much leaned 
upon. Allowed hay, which he ate with avidity, but refused 
mashes. 
On the 15th day, a slough of the extensor pedis five inches 
long, and thin, separated and was removed. 
1 Qth day . — Allowed as much hay as he would eat, and bran 
mashes — faeces too dry and hot — pus from the wounds thinner 
and more lymphoid — limb fomented with warm water, with evi- 
dent benefit. 
18 th day. — The horse walked firmly upon the fired leg : 
white curd-like discharge from the nostrils, and cough. Allowed 
one feed of oats daily. 
21 st day . — Condition improved. I fired him lightly for curb, 
and applied a blister. 
22d day . — -Repeated the blister. 
24>th day . — The horse labours under inflammation, and there 
are symptoms of colic. Bled to three quarts, gave four ounces of 
oil of turpentine, and one ounce of aloes in a ball, and repeated 
the dose of turpentine. It relieved him ; but in about four hours 
the symptoms returned, and it was only by the administration of 
half a pint of oil of turpentine and half an ounce of opium that 
relief was obtained. The horse was purged, and hot applications 
to the loins and abdomen were used during the affair with ad- 
vantage. 
It is unnecessary to enter farther into the particulars of this 
case : let it suffice to say, that about the 1st of March he was 
sent to his owner, who soon after put him to farm work. In the 
beginning of May, four months after the operation, I saw him. 
1 had him taken from the harrow, and trotted. His lameness was 
not considerable, and his condition was improved. He was used as 
a post horse ; but died of colic in the summer of the same year, 
on his return from one of his stages. 
In six other cases, and three of them of the hock, I fired 
through the skin, and found that, after the application of cold water, 
as described, four or five days, an ointment composed of Venice 
turpentine, spermaceti ointment, camphor, lard, and oil of origa- 
num, w r ould soften the skin, and promote suppuration and healthy 
granulations. Wherever fungus appeared, I applied muriate of 
antimony, or nitrate of silver. I have not had sufficient expe- 
rience of the effects of the operation as a means of cure to be 
able to offer it to the profession with the confidence I rest as- 
sured Mr. Turner is justified in ; and should these lines, as un- 
