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W. D. CRITCHERSON. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
HOSPITAL RECORDS. 
By W. D. Ceitoherson, D.Y.S. (House Surgeon). 
PUNCTURED AND LACERATED WOUND OF THE RIGHT THIGH. 
On July 9th, a brown gelding, ten years of age, was admitted 
to the hospital with the following history: 
Several days before, while being driven, he became frightened 
at some object by the roadside, and ran away. He was stopped 
while going down hill, one of the thills puncturing the off hind 
leg at that time. 
A non-professional man being near by at the time, was called 
and sewed up the wound. The parts, since the occurrence of the 
accident, had been showered with cold water and bathed with 
arnica and rum. When admitted, the horse was very lame, with 
excessive knuckling at the fetlock. There was an abundant dis¬ 
charge of a thin, purulent fluid, from a T shaped wound in the 
lower portion of the posterior crural region. The leg was 
greatly swollen, with very slight flexion of the hock. Interrup- 
tured thread sutures had been employed to bring the lips of the 
wound together. The length of the wound was seven inches. 
Transversely it measured five inches. Depth twelve inches, 
passing through the fibers of the posterior and internal crural 
'muscles. Several of the sutures were removed to allow free 
escape of pus. Injections of carbolic acid solution and tent of 
oakum inserted several times during the day. Pulse, 72; tem¬ 
perature, 102°. 
July 10th.—Pulse, 66 ; temperature, 101 J°. Wound received 
the same treatment as yesterday. 
About 9 o’clock, a. m. gave aloes 3 vi. Before night a slight 
diarrhoea set in. 
July 11th.—Condition the same as yesterday. Another suture 
removed and a pair of dressing forceps introduced, in order to 
dilate the wound. By so doing, a large amount of sanious pus 
in which were shreds of dead tissue was evacuated. The wound 
was irrigated with cold water, followed by injections of carbolic 
