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breaker an hour after I had docked him, the breaker remark¬ 
ing that he docked his own horses regularly, and put them in 
harness at once; and I am fully aware that such is the case, but 
consider myself that it is injudicious to do so, and feel confident 
that it was in this case the cause of all the mischief. The drawings 
I have presented to you will, I hope, convey a better idea of the 
case to you than I could have given, but any shortcomings on the 
point I shall be glad to explain. 
Mr. Greaves and Mr. Brooks asking, “Why use the actual 
cauterv 
Mr. Naylor spoke at some length as regards the operation, 
and thought it must have been a case of irregular strangles. 
Mr. Lawson thought the swelling was due to the absorption of 
pus, and expressed an opinion that the actual cautery is the best 
method to stop haemorrhage. 
Mr. Brooks thought the ligature was the best. 
Mr. Taylor differed from Mr. Brooks in his opinion on the 
ligature. 
Mr. Baton spoke at some length as regards the operation, and 
said he had been very successful by using the actual cautery, 
Mr. Howell also took part in the discussion. 
Mr. Baton next read a paper on “ A Peculiar Disease of the Leg,” 
which had occurred in his practice, about which an animated discus¬ 
sion took place. 
I have the pleasure of laying before you a brief account of a 
peculiar disease which occurred in my practice during the last wet 
season that prevailed in and about Manchester, during the last 
three months of the past year, the peculiarity of which caused me 
to think it a fit subject to bring before the notice of this Society. 
The disease in question presented itself in the following manner, 
the situation being generally the near hind leg:—The first symptom 
was heat of the leg from the hock downwards to the foot, with 
slight thickening; in the course of a day or two a nodule appeared 
on the pastern, about the articulation of the os coronee and the os 
suffraginis, which ultimately suppurated and burst, leaving a nasty 
ulcerous-looking wound with ragged edges, which bled upon the 
slightest touch. Upon more minute examinatiou, the sore proved 
to be of greater extent than it appeared to be at first sight, for 
some distance around the opening there was an accumulation of 
pus beneath the skin, and, in some instances, a sinus ran a con¬ 
siderable distance round the coronet, communicating with another 
pustule ; in some instances there were a number of these places 
which occurred in close proximity, and were more or less united by 
sinuses, which eventually suppurated into one large pustule, and a 
considerable slough was the consequence. Other cases, two of 
which I have cause to remember well, following the dependent 
course of pus, entered the tissues of the foot and formed a decided 
quiltor, which caused a great amount of trouble, but eventually got 
