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Mr. Field coincided with this. He thought it the best, perhaps 
le only nauseant. He had given it to a condemned horse in doses 
: half a drachm three times a day. On the second day the pulse 
11 from ninety-six to forty-five, and the horse was much distressed, 
ad had considerable retching. This, however, soon went off, and 
ic pulse again rose to its former frequency. 
Mr. Mavor remarked, that digitalis, besides its sedative power, 
ad considerable effect on the kidneys. 
April the 1st , 1829. 
'he subject for discussion was Mr. Thomas Turner’s excellent 
aper on Opened Joints, particularly the knee, given in page 272 
f the present Number. 
Mr. Goodwin enquired, whether, in cases of considerable lace- 
ation, Mr. T. had ever succeeded in obtaining a perfectly straight 
imb. 
Mr. Turner replied, that if the laceration was not extraordi- 
iary, and the wound had not been long neglected, the capsular 
igament was perfectly restored by his mode of treatment. 
Mr. Goodwin had seen two cases lately: one w r as of the knee, 
n which one of the bones was fractured. In the other, the bursa 
•onnected with the joint w as severely contused, and extensive 
iuppuration followed. Both got well, but the joint in both w r as 
inchylored. He therefore imagined, that the mere shutting up 
)f the joint was not sufficient. 
Mr. J. Turner replied, that the fracture of the bones of the 
knee was a rare occurrence : it w r as usually laceration of the in¬ 
tegument and capsular ligament to a greater or less extent. He 
had seen this mode of treatment very successful, and also in 
cases of open hock joint. In open pastern joint he should have 
no fear. . 
Mr. T. Turner again referred to the common practice, called 
the soothing system, and objected to it on account ot its neces¬ 
sarily removing the clot.. 
Professor Coleman imagined that the plan now suggested was 
the true soothing system. Whatever allayed irritation must be 
beneficial. This method arrested the undue flow of synovia, which, 
while it continued, acted as a foreign body, and was a source of 
irritation. The same remarks applied to all thecae of tendons and 
mucous capsules. Surgeons had recourse to a paste of white of 
egg and Hour, on the same principle. ... 
Mr. Percivall considered that the principal thing was judicious 
bandaging, as preventing the discharge, and keeping the limb 
in a fixed posture. 
