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and warmer, and a moderate increase of sensitiveness was also 
observed. The detached growth left a raw, conspicous space of 
about 5 inches in circumference and as smooth as if cut off with 
the knife. Expecting this spot to be elevated soon with swollen 
muscular tissue I had it dampened twice per day with pure 
phenylic acid. Already, on the third day, I noticed the raw, 
smooth surface becoming convexed, proof that the phenylic acid 
would not keep the new granulations within proper limits. I 
then touched the protuberance lightly every morning with caus¬ 
tic potash and had the phenylic acid applied every evening until 
1 found the superabundant growth of flesh arrested. From now 
on until cicatrization was complete, which was about the eight 
week, resorcin solution was used. Very likely if dermatol(which 
could not be ootained at the time) had been applied mornings 
and the resorcin evenings it might have scarred off a little sooner. 
By the sixth week the wound had grown so small and attracted 
so little attention that the horse might have been put to work 
had it not been for the fistulous withers. 
Case 2.—In the latter part of September last, I was called to 
a \ ilia about foui miles distant, ,to see a 20 year old carriage 
h°ise with caulkboil on the right leg of 3 weeks existence, the 
size ot a man s fist, open below and discharging a small amount 
O; pus. I had some cotton saturated with a solution ol creoline 
introduced into the cavity once per day and the exterior bathed 
with warm salt water. A continuance of this treatment for two 
a eeks improved the condition so much that I instructed the 
groom to keep on as long as the horse was doing well. 
On March 8th, I was again summoned to see the same horse. 
Found him reduced conditionally, lame in the right foreleg (na¬ 
vicular.) Elbow tumor enlarged, apparently sarcomatous, oc- 
cupying the lower and inner third of the shoeboil cavity. 
As the owner had been absent all winter the horses received 
out little attention. The day before my visit the team were 
driven twelve miles, the first trip in months; no lameness was 
observed, however, nor did the coachman meet with any mishap 
that would tend to cripple the horse. 
