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but the animal’s volition apparently exercised no control of 
the hind limbs. The disease lasted from two to ten days; 
discoloration of the cutis was not noticeable. Recovery was 
seldom, and only occurred in those cases where the patient 
retained the government of rectum and bladder. Upon post¬ 
mortem, nothing in the nature of a pathological lesion was 
remarked, but in the several cavities from two to fifteen 
quarts of an amber-colored coagulable fluid was collected. 
Most of this was obtained from the thorax and lungs, the lat¬ 
ter showing numerous emphysematous localities and inter¬ 
stitial tissue swelled by the liquid referred to. The remain¬ 
ing apparatus of the thoracic and abdominal cavities displayed 
no alterations discovered by the eye or microscope. Colon 
always filled with dry feces. Treatment was without result, 
and animals recovered that had not received therapeutic con- 
sideration— Woch. fur Tkierheilkunde . 
THERAPY OF PENETRATING WOUNDS OF THE HOOK. 
A horse of the army which had received a blow upon the; 
tibio tarsal articulation exhibited a puncture of the same, 
with small quantities of escaping synovia, but little or no 
swelling. 
The wound, after being well cleansed and dusted with 
iodoform-tannin, was neatly closed by a small tuft of cotton. 
Adjacent to the wound, the cutis received a coating of ung. 
cantharid. Later the cotton was removed and in its stead 
we endeavored to obliterate the puncture by repeated applij 
cations of iodoform-collodion. After two hours patient ap¬ 
plying, the gentle oozing of secretion (synovia) had disap-, 
peared, and a tenacious covering secured. After the lapse 
of a few days the patient was discharged, and again resumed 
the march. 
Also in two other cases where the same cause produced 
the same effect, the results were equally favorable. In one 
of these the animal could not be left behind, the lameness asi 
sumed painful proportions. The march came to an end ai 
the termination of fourteen days, and the patient was giver 
