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ot mechanically stopping; the wound, and thus by degrees be¬ 
lling organized. 
Mr. Goodwin asked, will not gangrene occasionally follow the 
eat tumefaction acknowledged by Mr. T. to exist i The plan 
as good as to the limb being kept in a perpendicular direction, 
it he preferred a soft poultice to a hard pressure like tanned 
ather. 
Mr. T. Turner never met with tumefaction he was not able to 
ibdue. 
Mr. Goodwin related a case of a large bursa (thorough pin) 
hich had been blistered in vain. He opened it. The swelling 
as not diminished. He blistered, and afterwards applied a seton. 
ad inflammation occurred, which destroyed the horse. 
Mr. Field asked, was the fluid confined to this bursa ? 
Mr. Goodwin.—All of them communicated ; but he knew of 
) method by which this might be previously ascertained. 
Mr. Field, in illustration of the importance of uniting by the 
*st intention, mentioned the case of lacerated eyelid. If the 
ound was soon sewed up it would heal, notwithstanding the 
. otion of winking. 
Professor Coleman remarked, that there was much cellular 
embrane in the lid, which admitted of considerable motion 
ithout displacing the wound. 
Mr. Field continued, that the degree of vascularity might 
ive some effect, and that the suppurative process did not com- 
ence at the same time in every part. Adhesive inflammation 
ight continue to the sixth day after castrating. He had once 
id a horse with enlarged knee, and applied strapping for six 
lys: there was no tumefaction. He slackened the bandage; 
lere was serous discharge. He replaced the bandage, when 
ippuration commenced from the whole surface, and the animal 
^covered. 
Mr. Goodwin remarked the difficulty of bringing the ft ound to 
eal by the first intention in neurotomy. 
Professor Coleman said there is little cellular membrane in 
lis case. 
Mr. Slocombe had a very bad case. He introduced a pledget of 
>w dipped in tinct. myrrh, and over it sulphate of zinc, with pre- 
ared chalk, and bran poultice over all, cooled by frequent appli- 
ltion of water. On the fifth day the synovia ceased to appear. 
)n the first dressing he washed off the yellow-like appearance 
u the edge of the wound. 
Mr. Lytlie had seen several cases, one a fortnight, one three 
r eeks, and one two months after the accident. lie had bled, 
hysicked, applied spirit of turpentine,to the limb, and poulticed 
ver the whole, and then bandaged. Generally on the sixth day 
