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were dressed with pads of oakum saturated with carbolic solution, 
aud the feet again placed in cold water; alcohol stimulants were 
given, and a varied diet. 
April lltli.—Fluctuation was distinctly manifest in the poste¬ 
rior part of the coronet, and it was freely opened ; a large quan¬ 
tity of thick brown pus, with shreds of aponeurosis and cellular 
tissue escaped. Dressed with carbolized oakum with a hot poultice 
to stimulate the suppuration. 
April 12tli.—The skin from the fetlock to within half an inch 
of the heel, and from the lateral face of the coronet on the out¬ 
side to the anterior face of the same, was gangrenous and about 
to slough. It was removed, leaving the tendon of the flexor per- 
forans exposed, and the vein, artery and nerve on the inside, 
altogether a large irregular granulating surface. The autiseptic 
spray was used for fifteen minutes twice during the day, and the 
parts dressed with oakum and a bandage. 
April 13th.—The patient eats much better; reacting fever has 
passed away ; can bear some weight upon the foot; sloughing of 
the vein, artery and nerve on the inside. 
April 14th to 16th.—Sloughing of more skin and the peri- 
oplic ring. Pus was detected under the sole; opened, and pus 
evacuated, and diseased laminae and plantar cushion removed ; 
same dressing. 
April 18th to 21st.—A fistulous tract extending from the 
superior part of the wall on the inside to the sole was found and 
opened ; discharge healthy ; a three-quarter shoe tacked on and 
bottom of foot dressed with plates: pressure applied to the upper 
wound, which is granulating nicelv. 
April 22d.—The sole on the inside removed, escape of much 
pus ; appearance of a slight tendinous synovial discharge. 
April 23d to May 12th.—Parts doing well, upper wound 
rapidly filling up and closing in from the edges; lower wound 
doing well; is kept relieved from pressure by thinning the horn 
around it, and a dressing of oakum saturated with aloes and car¬ 
bolic sal. applied. 
26th.—Parts dressed every'other day ; the spray continued all 
the time ; the superior wound presents an even granulating surface ; 
