68*2 ATROPHY IN A COLT, WITH HOCK-LAMENESS. 
attack, and the owner informed me that he was in good con¬ 
dition, and admired by every one, prior to the morning of his 
lameness. 
The animal eats with avidity, and in every respect appears 
lively and healthy, except in the circumstances alluded to. 
I ordered the joint to be constantly fomented, and the colt to 
be kept on low diet. 
13^/z.—The inflammation a little abated; send a refrigerant 
lotion : he eats all before him, as usual. 
15^A.—Inflammation subsided, but the thoroughpin and bog 
spavin still remaining. Blister the hock. 
2\st. —I thought the hock less: improved as to his lameness, 
but no better in condition. 
June ^th .—I was called this morning to a similar lameness in 
the other hock, which I thought might arise from his constant 
standing on that leg in order to favour the other. The treatment 
as in the other limb. 
CM.—Inflammation abated; blister the hock ; condition no 
better. I requested the owner to permit me to give him medicine, 
to which he agreed. Take of gentian, ginger, and carraway 
])Owder one ounce each ; powdered cantharides, thirty grains : 
divided into six balls, and give one daily. 
27th. —Improved in condition ; the lameness has left him, but 
the hocks remain filled with bursal enlargements. I desired the 
owner to have him fired at once ; but he, dreading the marks of 
the iron, requested me to persist in some other treatment. 
30M.—Blistered both hocks severely. 
July. —I met the brother of the owner of the colt two or 
three times during this month; and on inquiry after the colt, was 
told that the last blistering had diminished the hocks in size, 
and that he gradually improved in condition since he had been 
taking the medicine; indeed, to make use of his expression, he 
was daily galloping about the fields like a buck, or continu¬ 
ally feeding, and never resting.” 
Aug, \2th. —-The owner came to my surgery for some more 
medicine like the last, as he had for this week back gone 
thinner than ever. 
26M.—I saw him to-day; he was looking better and the 
owner informed me that he improved again after the medicine. 
An abscess had formed a little before the anterior spinous pro¬ 
cess of the ileum. I passed a seton through the bottom of it. 
The pus is of a thin, unhealthy character. Send a diluted 
solution of the chloride of lime. In a day or two the secreted 
pus was very healthy. 
Sejjt.bth .—Looking much better; wounds discharging freely. 
