426 DROPSY OF THE JOINTS IN COLTS, &C. 
presented the appearance of inflation, as a butcher would have 
blown up a calf. The lungs had not a trace of disease. The liver 
had a clayey appearance, and was easily broken down with the 
finger: he had been under treatment for an affection of this viscus 
of some standing. There was a little pus in the pelvis of each 
kidney, and also a laceration of the rectum, about two inches in 
length. Every other part was healthy. 
Is this a case of frequent occurrence I I have not read of one 
analogous to it. Could we have pursued any other treatment with 
more prospect of success ? 
ON DROPSY OF THE JOINTS IN COLTS—AND 
INFLAMMATION OF THE UDDER AND 
OF THE MANIPLUS IN COWS. 
By “A Veterinary Practitioner.” 
[We know and we respect the writer; yet it is with much un¬ 
willingness that we admit a feigned signature. The paper, how¬ 
ever, is a plain and practical one, and suits our present purpose.] 
I HAVE lately had in my practice several (what I term) dropsi¬ 
cal affections of the joints and other parts of the horse. They 
have seemed to arise spontaneously, I mean without any mecha¬ 
nical cause or local injury. In most cases they have formed on 
the knee and hind fetlock joint. They have not been externally 
tender, although they have occasioned considerable lameness and 
great pain. 
I began, in my first few cases, to endeavour to remove them by 
bleeding, purging, and repellent applications frequently applied. 
This, however, did no good. I therefore altered my plan of treat¬ 
ment, and evacuated the serous contents at once with a small pen¬ 
knife, not a lancet. The fluid, notwithstanding this evacuation, 
soon formed again; and in some instances excessive inflammation 
followed. 
At length I began to inject a small quantity of spirits of turpen¬ 
tine into the cavities; which completely changed the action of the 
vessels, and soon removed the swellings. A small tent of tow dip¬ 
ped in this fluid was introduced into the orifice, and there retained, 
to prevent a too sudden closing of it and also the admission of air 
into the sac, which I have always found to be a powerful and dan¬ 
gerous irritant. 
