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C. B. AINSWORTH 
During these two or three months of the year, if we are 
consulted about a sore an animal may have, it is easy to tell 
what kind of a sore it is from the owner’s description of it. 
He will say, “ I never saw anything like it. The longer I treat 
it the worse it gets, and now I am ready for some one else 
that knows more about the disease than I do to cure it for 
me.” It is only necessary to tell him what it is and about the 
line of treatment necessary, and which you would follow if he 
is satisfied to let you have the case. But if the owner had 
this privilege of trying to cure it himself, it is best to let him 
alone. You are sure to get the case later on. 
I have endeavored not to dwell at length on any part of 
this subject, but merely to open the way for discussion. 
OPEN JOINTS—ANOTHER TREATMENT. 
By C. B. Ainsworth, D.V.S., Greensburg, Indiana. 
Since reading the article in the September number of the 
American Veterinary Review relating to open joints and 
a new remedy it stimulated me to write concerning another 
remedy, thinking some of the members of the profession 
might try it if they have not done so. My experience with 
the treatment has been limited, but have had better success 
with it than with any other treatment I ever tried. That 
is peroxide of hydrogen (H 2 0 2 ) (Ch. Marchand’s), which you 
will see advertised in the Review. 
As we all know, an open joint, regardless of which joint it 
may be, is serious enough in its character; for if recovery is 
made in any degree at all the joint is generally left larger, 
either of a boggy nature, or by the accumulation of organ¬ 
ized lymph, or of the bony conformation itself, and very often 
partial if not complete anchylosis of the entire hock. 
As a rule the injury needs treatment for a considerable 
length of time, and unless you can have the patient under 
your own supervision the attendant may neglect your direc¬ 
tions, and may be not comply with them at all because he may 
think your treatment is doing no good on account of slow 
improvement. 
