. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Fig. 102.—Radius and ulna of adog afifected with FRACTURES OF THE BONES 325 skoliosis). The most striking alterations are ol)served in the long bones are thickened at both ends and bent on account of thesoftness of the bone and pressure of the weight of the body, when stand-ing ( 102). The upper portion of the front legs bends inward, rarely-outward, and the animals have a peculiar, unsteady, awkward } stand on the hind legs with the leg twisted under them, and inaggravated cases, the bones are bent in a circle,
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Fig. 102.—Radius and ulna of adog afifected with FRACTURES OF THE BONES 325 skoliosis). The most striking alterations are ol)served in the long bones are thickened at both ends and bent on account of thesoftness of the bone and pressure of the weight of the body, when stand-ing ( 102). The upper portion of the front legs bends inward, rarely-outward, and the animals have a peculiar, unsteady, awkward } stand on the hind legs with the leg twisted under them, and inaggravated cases, the bones are bent in a circle, the bend of the astragaluscoming down on the ground (Plate, Rachitis). As a consecpience of thealtered position of the bones, the ligaments Ijecome distended and stretched,causing an inflammation of the joints and consequently more or lessenlargement of them. At the same time we ol^serve emaciation, loss of ap-petite, and in some cases, catarrh of the stomach and air-passages, changesin the shape of the teeth, which are aljnormally small and frequentlydevoid of enamel, or placed irregularly in th
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