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several days, gaping, purulent, and full of sand, was cleansed 
with creolin and dusted with gliitol. The edges were drawn to¬ 
gether with catgut sutures and bandaged. On the third day the 
wound was again cleansed and dusted. On the tenth day the 
stitches were removed and no further treatment was considered 
necessary. 4. A horse through the negligence of its driver was 
allowed to step in a glowing heap of birch-wood and was severely 
burned on all four legs. The hair was singed off as far as the 
hock and knee. The animal suffered severely, stopped feeding, 
and would not lie down. The legs were cleansed, dressed with 
iodoform-tannin and bandaged. The pain continued and a few 
days later the parts were suppurating freely. They were then 
dusted thickly with glutol and no bandages applied. The appe¬ 
tite returned the next day. The wound was afterward dried 
with cotton and again dusted. In a short time afterward the 
patient could be exercised and recovery rapidly ensued. 5. 
The diseased skin of a horse subject to eczema, was cleansed, 
dried, and covered with glutol to about the thickness of the 
blade of a knife. Complete recovery was effected in a very 
short time. 6. A 5-year-old cart horse received a lacerated 
wound on the inner side of the metacarpus, 12 cm. long, 6 cm. 
wide. The exposed bone, to the extent of 6 cm. 3 cm. was 
stripped of its periostium. The wound was cleansed with creo¬ 
lin, covered with glutol and bandaged. The bandage was 
changed daily and finally removed on the eighth day. In 
about 4 weeks the lost tissue was regained and the granulations 
were normal. 7. A 10-year-old cart horse with a punctured 
wound made with a fork, in the upper portion of the biceps 
femoris muscle. Had been treated by empirics for five days 
with carbolic acid injections. The horse was unable to sustain 
any weight upon the leg. Swelling reached the hock. 
The wound was cleansed with creolin and glutol applied by 
means of an insufflator. The swelling subsided in a few days, 
and the wound healed rapidly. In four weeks he was put in 
harness again. 8. A heavy draught horse with a punctured 
wound on the inner side of the leg, a little above the hock. 
The wound was about an inch wide and extended about two 
inches down to the tibia. The region was much swollen, and 
an abundant serous discharge. No weight could be borne on 
the leg. The parts were thoroughly irrigated and a bougie of 
glutol (glutol, 1 part, cocoa butter 20 parts, castor oil, q. s.) in¬ 
serted. In eight days the swelling subsided ; the wound 
healed normally, and in six weeks the horse was again at work. 
