CASE REPORT-TENOTOMY. 
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an assistant to hold, and keep the leg straight. I then made 
an incision with a bistoury, half way between the knee and 
fetlock joints, at the posterior border of the perforans ten¬ 
don. The incision was just large enough to allow me to 
insert a probe-pointed bistoury with ease—about one-quarter 
of an inch in length. I next took a probe and broke down 
the tissues, passing it in until I could feel it through the skin 
on the opposite side. I then put in the knife, turning the edge 
towards the tendon. 
The assistant now pulled on the leg, straightening it; which 
stretched the tendon, making it tense, and easy to cut; which 
I did, separating the perforans and perforatus, without mak¬ 
ing the wound in the skin any larger. In this operation there 
was not to exceed two drops of blood. I then filled the cut 
in the skin with sulphate of quinia, put on a small pledget of 
absorbent cotton, and a light bandage. 
The wound healed- without a particle of suppuration. 
The only trouble I experienced was, the leg dropped down 
too much. This gave me some cause for alarm, but I con¬ 
cluded to go on with the three remaining legs, and see what 
the result would be. 
In about four weeks, as near as 1 can remember, I operated 
on the left front leg, differing from the first, using no antisep¬ 
tic precaution, but using a subcutaneous injection of a four 
per cent, solution of cocaine. 
This leg not being so contracted, I concluded that it was 
not necessary to cut more then one tendon—the perforans, 
leaving the perforatus uninjured. 
I then strained the leg,' breaking down the tissues—the 
ends of the tendon separating about an inch, which could be 
plainly felt through the skin. I dressed the wound with 
quinine, placing a pledget of absorbent cotton over the 
wound, applied a bandage and let the colt up. The foot 
came to the ground in a natural position. 
I was called away for two days, and on my return found 
the bandage still on and the leg considerably swollen. 
I removed the bandage and applied hot fomentations for 
an hour, after which I dried the parts, and then applied 
