472 FllACTUllE OF THE MAXILLARY BOXES OF THE HORSE. 
toe, and used fomentations to the limb—administering also a purg¬ 
ing ball. 
11/4.—The physic operating well, but the leg much more swollen, 
hot, and very tender in the inside of the thigh—fomentations con¬ 
tinued. 
12/4.—On examining the thigh, I found a few farcy buds, and 
two on the point of the hock. The proprietor concluded that the 
wound had been caused by a fork in the stable; but I satisfied him 
it was a clear case of farcy, and that the wounds had followed as 
a natural consequence. 
Reflecting on Mr. Morton’s invaluable paper on diniodide of 
copper, I resolved on putting it to the test. Accordingly I admi¬ 
nistered diniodide of copper 3j, pulv. zingiber. 3ij, pulv. gentian 
3ij, made into a ball every morning, and applied the budding iron 
freely to the ulcers, with walking exercise. 
17/4.—Continued the balls regularly up to this date, but with 
little improvement, and the budding-iron was occasionally re¬ 
applied. 
19/4.—Six more balls were now ordered to be given, one morn¬ 
ing and night. A seton was inserted in the thigh, and dressed 
with ung. digest, every morning. 
25/4.—This morning I accidentally met the proprietor with the 
mare in a cart going to the market. The ulcers were quite healed, 
and the leg almost as fine as the other; the seton still in, and dis¬ 
charging healthy pus. The owner told me the swelling gradually 
went down, after taking the two first balls. She had taken all the 
medicine, and I gave her another dose of physic on the 26th. The 
seton was then removed, and up to this time she is in perfect health, 
and free from any swelling—the diseased leg being now as fine 
as the other. 
A CASE OF FRACTURE OF THE MAXILLARY BONES 
OF THE HORSE. 
By Mr. J. B. Miniken, V.S. Wexford. 
On the 10th of April, one of my visiting days at New Ross, 
twenty-three miles from Wexford, a bay horse was brought to my 
establishment for advice. The groom informed me that the day 
previous he was turned out for an hour or two, in company with 
other horses; but that, on taking him in, he would not allow his 
head to be handled without very great resistance; and his corn 
being given out to him, he could not get it beyond his grinders. 
I was obliged to cast him, as he became furious wdieii w'e at- 
