A CASK OF SPINA VKNTOSA. 
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gruel, and ordering the cauterized part to be well washed twice 
every day with an emollient lotion. 
21 st . — The wound had suppurated afresh, and diffused an odour 
sui generis. Some portions of bone also escaped. By the intro- 
duction of the finger it was ascertained that there were other pieces 
of bone that were beginning to be moveable. The animal fed 
better, and masticated her food with greater ease. I prescribed, 
in order to cleanse the wound, a lotion composed of one part of 
the chloruret of the oxide of sodium and twelve parts of water. 
Injections of a solution of aloes were thrown up, and the same 
regimen was continued. 
A ug. 9th . — Some dead bones had fallen from the wound, and 
by the aid of pincers three large pieces had been extracted. 
15^ — The wound was sounded anew. On the superior part 
of the mouth was some exposed bone, presenting a surface of an 
inch and a half across. The inferior part, corresponding with the 
neck of the maxillary bone, at the height of the union of the two 
branches, offered a smooth and polished surface, with the deve- 
lopment of vascular and fleshy granulations. The fistula com- 
municating with the interior of the mouth was cicatrized. The 
same mode of feeding was continued, but, in spite of my advice, 
she was sent to draught work. 
2 2d . — She is sadly suffering, and eats little, and with difficulty. 
The carious bones are now all uncovered : a new cauterization 
was practised. Emollient lotions were ordered, and repose in- 
sisted upon during the next eight days. 
Sept. ls£.*" — The mare is in good spirits, and feeds well. Tinc- 
ture of aloes was applied to the wounds, and she was again, con- 
trary to my wishes, sent to work. 
20th . — Some portions of the cauterized bone being examined 
with the fingers, appeared to have acquired a little more mobility. 
The opening of the wound being enlarged, I easily drew out two 
large fragments. I remarked, at the bottom of the wound, a 
surface that was very tender. All the osseous parts appeared to 
be well covered with fleshy granulations, and we perceived only 
that the bones that were taken away had left exposed almost 
the whole of the root of the first molar, and the inferior extremity 
of the second, so that the first tooth had nothing to support it 
except the surrounding fleshy substance. A pressure made upon 
it by the fingers gave it a certain mobility. The bony shell had 
quite disappeared. 
Oct. 1. — The wound looks well, and the pus is of a good cha- 
racter. Its extent is much diminished. There is an exudation 
of osseous matter, which forms a species of calculus, and has 
