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leg up and down, and shifting about as if in pain, and synovia is 
still escaping. I merely applied again the cautery, and ordered 
the solut. of hyd. bichlor. to be persevered in as before, and, of 
course, discontinued the fomentations. The wound all around is 
growing up fast, leaving only the one where the synovia escapes, 
but which is of a good depth, and rather hollow underneath. 
2Mh. —Better. Not moving about so much, and does not feel 
so hollow underneath. Wound less. Synovia is still discharged. 
Applied cautery gently; the solution to be continued when ne¬ 
cessary. Foment above the hock, but not about the wound. 
27 th .—There is a large mass of coagulated synovia hanging 
from the wound. Does not move her leg forward much, and the 
swelling is little more than natural. Touch it with the cautery, 
and put some of the powdered hyd. bichlor. on some tow on the 
place, and apply a plaster of egg and flour over it. 
Tn the course of a week the synovia ceased, and the wound 
closed up: in a month or so she went to work, being very little 
lame, and ultimately got upright. 
OPENED CAPPED HOCK. 
By the same. 
22 d, May, 1843.—About nine or ten days ago Mr. Jos. Has- 
sall, of this town, had his hack mare blistered on each hind leg, for 
“capped hock,” with James’s Blistering Ointment. It was a severe 
application. 
She is at this time very lame, and the caps are very large (the 
off one as large as one’s fist), and there is a great deal of inflam¬ 
mation and swelling about the hocks generally. Bleed, foment, and 
physic. 
29 th .—The off cap has burst in two places; the near one is 
much better: one place is in the centre, at the upper part; the other 
is half way down on the inside. 
The discharge is sanious and slimy. The orifice of each is filled 
with froth from the movement of the leg. Ordered a high-heeled 
shoe, fomentations, and an occasional dressing of tr. myrrh, comp. 
June 1st, —Swelling less, discharge diminishing, sac smaller, 
and I fancy its sides are uniting. The discharge is not good thick 
pus, but more of a mucous nature. She is never now in much 
pain, nor does the irritation at all affect the constitution. Merely 
dress it with tr. myrrh, and keep quiet, and leave the rest to nature. 
12 th .—Going on well. The wounds are nearly closed, and I 
