PUNCTURED WOUNDS OF THE FOOT. 
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The mare was very lame, barely touching the foot to the 
ground in progression. On removing the shoe and looking 
for a nail hole I could see none, but found the outside heel 
very sore, and so began removing the horn from that local¬ 
ity. After removing considerable I found a very small hole 
between the bar and sole at the posterior part of the middle 
third of the foot. The horn had been separated from the sen¬ 
sitive sole by suppuration as far forward as the quarter, so I 
removed all of that, a part of the frog, and as much of the bar 
as possible. The bar was extremely sensitive to the touch. 
The nail had apparently gone obliquely through it in a back¬ 
ward direction. After cutting away as much as possible, my 
probe could only go in about three-quarters of an inch, and 
that with difficulty, owing to the smallness of the hole. 
As this case remained in the hospital nearly two months, 
it would be tedious for you to hear the daily record ; so I will 
only give a general outline of it. 
The mare was extremely lame from the beginning. In 
four days synovia began to appear in small quantities, when 
she was put in the zinc sulphate bath day times, and flaxseed 
meal poultices at night. Suppuration was extensive; all of 
the horny frog had to be removed and the sole, as far forward 
as the toe on the outside. This surface horned over rapidly, 
and on December 26th a high heeled shoe was put on and the 
wound, which was now discharging mostly synovia, was in¬ 
jected twice daily with three per cent, carbolic and with 
white lotion, and a dressing of oakum soaked in white lotion 
applied. 
After twelve days of this treatment the foot got too hard; 
so the shoe was removed and the foot poulticed for a few 
days, when the shoe was again put on and white lotion treat¬ 
ment resumed. From January 23d to February 1st there 
was very little pus discharged and less synovia; but the gen¬ 
eral symptoms were worse. She would not eat, and was 
losing flesh very fast. Her temperature had gradually been 
rising, till February 1st, when it was 103°. On this day, after 
injecting the wound, a flow of pus and synovia (largely pus) 
occurred, amounting to over an ounce. The next day the 
