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I will describe a case which came under our treat¬ 
ment, although the peroxide of hydrogen treatment was 
not used in this case and the treatment did not prove satis¬ 
factory. The patient was a large Norman mare belonging 
to a farmer, and was driven six miles from home on Novem¬ 
ber 19th, and while standing in the stall by the side of another 
101 se, was kicked on the inside of the right hock. The ani¬ 
mal was driven home in the evening of the same day. The 
driver noticed that she was showing considerable lameness 
m the right hind leg, but on making an examination he could 
not discover the seat of the lameness, nor could he discover 
any abrasion of the skin ; so he pulled the shoe off and turned 
her out in the pasture, thinking she would be all right in a 
few days, but in three days after she was hurt the owner 
came and said she was worse instead of better, and wanted 
us to come and see her. We went, and on making an ex¬ 
amination found a direct opening into the tibio-tarsal articu¬ 
lation on the inside of the right leg. 
The patient was suffering intense pain ; temperature above 
normal; respiration hurried, which remained so for four or 
five days, and with but very little appetite, which improved 
considerably after seven or eight days. After telling the 
owner it was a bad case and what the consequences would 
likely be, we were advised to do the best we could for her, as 
she was a fine brood mare and was supposed to be in foal; he 
wanted her saved till after foaling time if we thought she 
would raise the colt. She was about fourteen years old, and 
had only bred every other year for the last four years. 
So we gave the opening an injection of strong chloride of 
zinc solution, and ordered cold water bathing followed by 
the application of a strong liniment, three or four times a day. 
We went back the next day, taking a Sling with us, as she 
was a heavy mare and had refused to lie down since 
she was hurt. We put her in the sling in a large roomy box, 
and as the cold water and liniment application had failed to 
allay the inflammation to any marked degree, we applied both 
to the inside and outside of the hock a cantharides blister, 
which we applied again on the third day. She was kept in 
