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arnica and witch hazel. In the morning found swelling re¬ 
duced ; and in a short time the wound healed up. 
As soon as the left leg was healed properly, I prepared to 
operate on the hind legs. I dressed the soles, and lowered 
the heels, as had been done with the fore feet, so the feet 
would be in a natural position when the tendons were severed. 
I, however, dressed the heels lower than natural, leaving the 
toes long, so as to obtain all the leverage possible. 
I took no antiseptic precaution, and operated on the out¬ 
side of one leg, aud on the inside of the other, separating only 
the perforans. 
In the leg I operated on from the inside, I had a little 
haemorrhage, owing to the severing of a small artery. This 
one I bandaged ; the other one was left without bandage or 
anything else. I could not notice any difference in their heal¬ 
ing ; neither of them swelling a particle, or developing any 
symptoms of suppuration. 
The colt to-day is perfectly sound in three legs, standing 
in a natural position, and growing finely. 
The first leg operated on dropped down too low, and in 
order to rectify this I had applied a shoe with a brace, extend¬ 
ing from the toe along the anterior part of the leg to the 
fetlock joint, which was reinforced by lateral braces, extending 
from the heels of the shoe forward to the preceding, the 
leg being then retained in its normal position by means of a 
bandage passed around the brace and fetlock. 
Present appearance indicate that within a few weeks the 
leg will have regained sufficient strength to permit the re¬ 
moval of the shoe, so that after much labor and care I hope 
to have a practically sound colt, and a valuable lesson from 
clinical experience. 
DISCUSSION. 
Dr. Thompson believed the right front leg would have done better if left 
entirely alone after the operation: he had had such cases and they ultimately 
came to natural position. Believed it is proper in such cases to raise the heel, 
rather than to cut it down. 
Dr. Knowles.—Believed if right front leg had been left alone, it would have 
come all right in time. 
Dr. Robert.—Had had three cases of cut tendons. One accidentally cut, 
