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the discharge ceased. He had often before applied the actual I 
cautery without success. In one case he introduced a caustic 
oil into the perforation. A kind of core came out, and the syno¬ 
vial discharge was great. He bandaged, and the horse did well 
Mr. Woodin asked, if inflammation appeared, and the incisioi 
did not relieve it, what would Mr. Turner do 1 
Mr. T. Turner.—Increase the length of the incisions, but nevei 
remove the bandage. 
Mr. Woodin.—But if wounds at the back of the knee. 
Mr. T. Turner.—Foment them, but not remove the bandage 
These tumours have often a pustular appearance. 
Professor Coleman and Mr. Percivall did not think they hac 
any connexion with the open joint, but were merely symp¬ 
tomatic. 
Mr. Goodwin still objected to the compression on parts almos 
in a state of gangrene. 
Mr. J. Turner thought that the advantage of this practice was 
that it not only secured the plug within the aperture of the cap 
sular ligament, but by restraining the flow of the synovia, i 
became, in a manner, concrete, and thus assisted in maintaining 
the coagulum. * 
Mr. Field, after adverting to the extraordinary account of join 
injury related by Mr. Dick in a late number of “ The Veterinarian, 
said, that he was not aware of the possibility of concretion c. 
the synovia. An albuminous fluid alone could become thu 
concrete. 
Mr. J. Turner did not believe that the synovia could be or 
ganized, but not being suffered to escape it became inspissated 
and mechanically supported the coagulable lymph. 
Mr. Field remarked, that the effusion from an open joint waf 
of a peculiar nature, caused by the high degree of inflammation 
Professor Coleman coincided, and remarked, that whenever th 
secreting membrane became inflamed, the secretion was more cj 
less altered. 
Mr. Field said, that in every case of large lacerated wounc * 
this albuminous effusion attaching itself to the edges was a 
effort of Nature to close the aperture. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Several esteemed Correspondents must forgive us for riot inserting in th 
Number their remarks on the present state of the veterinary professioi 
We wished to suspend all controversy until the general meeting of vet< * 
rinary surgeons on the 8th inst. 
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