EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN PERIODICALS. 
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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN PERIODICALS, 
Translated by R. Middlbton, D.V.S., Philadelphia, Pa. 
GERMAN JOURNALS. 
OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF “ WIND PUFFS.” 
After the hair has been removed by shaving, the locality 
is carefully disinfected by first washing with soap, and then 
applying a corrosive sublimate solution. A small trocar and 
canula is introduced into the substance of the swelling con¬ 
stituting the “ wind galls,” and the contents of these expressed. 
Having been successful in evacuating the tumors, the canula 
is left in position, and a two per cent, filtered carbolic solu¬ 
tion is injected into and forced out of the cavity several times 
until the fluid discharged appears transparent. A stronger 
carbolic or an iodine solution is not necessary, and is even 
hurtful from the excessive irritation induced. 
After the preliminary steps of expression and injection are 
accomplished, a bit of iodoform cotton is placed upon the 
wound made, and gently bandaged. Upon this bandage is 
arranged an irrigating apparatus composed of flexible, per¬ 
forated metal tubing (made by Hauptner, Berlin, and costing 
$2.50) in such a manner that the whole region is kept moist¬ 
ened by antiseptic water for twenty-four hours; after which 
the same is removed and the locality coated with a blistering 
salve. 
This method has one distinctive feature of great practical 
importance, to wit, that by the smallest possible expenditure 
of water the surface is kept cool—the bandage not being too 
thickly applied. Those cases operated upon by myself in¬ 
clude two of the hock, one at the carpus, and several at the 
fetlock. Never have we noticed remarkable swelling after 
removing the tubing, and have continually recorded recovery 
within a period of five or six weeks. In one case, a nine-year- 
old coaching horse, the lameness and inflammation at the fet¬ 
lock was so great that the owner insisted upon killing the 
animal. 
