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ON THE TREATMENT OF CAPPED HOCK. 
perceived that I had opened the sheath of the tendon, and that 
I had exposed myself to very serious results. That which I had 
feared, in truth, arrived, through the utter neglect of my orders. 
1 had desired that a thick pledget of tow should be placed over 
the incision, and confined in its situation by a long bandage 
tightly enveloping the hock. In the course of the following 
night this fell off, and was not replaced until the afternoon of 
the next day. 
Feb. IsL — The hock was now very much swelled. I told the 
proprietor that, from the distance between us, I could only attend 
on my patient occasionally, and that his only hope of saving the 
mare lay in following exactly my directions. A portion of air 
had introduced itself into the synovial sheath, and thence re- 
sulted an emphysematous oedema of the whole limb for the space 
of three days. 
4th . — The engorgement still continued to increase. The sen- 
sibility of the part was extreme, the animal could not rest in 
the slightest degree on that leg — the mare was quite out of 
spirits, and refused altogether to eat. My colleague and friend, 
M. Pouchy, met me in consultation. He attributed the increase 
of every unfavourable circumstance to the presence of air in the 
serous cavity which had been opened, and we determined to con- 
tinue the practice which had been adopted, with the addition of 
the following lotion : — 
Lees of wine 4 pints 
Vinegar 5 pints 
Camphorated spirit 2 ounces 
Foment the part well with this three times every day. 
This treatment was continued until the synovial discharge was 
replaced by one of good pus ; and it was not until this good sup- 
puration presented itself that we removed the bandage. The 
lotion was continued for a considerable period after this, and until 
there was a perfect cicatrization of the wound. The hock, how- 
ever, retained its enlarged state three or four months, and then 
the tumour gradually yielded, and at length disappeared, under 
the influence of different stimulants. 
List of Gentlemen who have obtained their Di- 
plomas from the Royal Veterinary College, 
London. 
March 31, 1841. 
Mr. R. T. Wallis, Halsted, Essex. 
— Isaac Gooch, Swainsthorp, Norfolk. 
— William Litt, Whitehaven, Cumberland. 
— George Cooke, Southwell, Nottinghamshire. 
