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ADOLPH EICHHORN'. 
The use of the ointment is not advisable immediately after 
the closing of the wound, as it would burst, due to the oozing 
of the blood,and therefore not provingsatisfactory for the purpose. 
Major Schwendimann obtained with this treatment in the 
last ten cases healing by first intention, an object for which ef¬ 
fort should be made under all conditions, as otherwise the heal¬ 
ing process is considerably retarded by the formation of a mus¬ 
cular hernia with exuberant granulations. Also, it is not 
advisable, and still more harmful as is practiced by many, to 
trot the horse as soon as the operation is over, to prove the dis¬ 
appearance of the lameness. The symptoms in the first io to 
14 days are not very encouraging, as often considerable lame¬ 
ness follows the operation, similar to those which are due to se¬ 
vere punctured wounds of the foot, and beside this, symptoms 
of paralysis of the extensors make their appearance, which is 
characterized by frequent knuckling of the fetlock. But all 
these symptoms disappear after the healing of the wound by 
first intention. This, as a general rule, takes place at the end 
of the third week, when slight exercise may be given, or the 
horse may be used for light work. After the fourth week, 
generally, the lameness disappears entirely. 
Major Schwendimann reports 15 cases in which he per¬ 
formed the operation of double neurectomy, five of which were 
private cases, while the rest belonged to the Swiss army, and in 
all his cases he had a good opportunity to observe the results, 
which were in fact very satisfactory. Of the 15 horses operated 
upon, 14 were entirely relieved from lameness without being 
followed by any bad results. In the one unsatisfactory case, he 
thinks it was due to the condition in which the operation was 
performed, as the nervous tibialis was severed below the bifur¬ 
cation, whereby only one branch was separated. As the horses 
were under observation for a considerable length of time, no 
bad results could be detected in any way, and as the horses 
were used continually for hard and tedious work in the man¬ 
oeuvres, it proves the success of this operation. 
Analogous to these reports are those of Prof. J. Hirzel, of 
