. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. thesurface of the bone not being worm-eaten, but smooth, and penetrated bynumerous holes. Again, it is not soft,as in caries ; it cannot be punctured withthe probe, and it is as heavy as in health,if not heavier. Jnatiiicnl.—It must be treated onthesame principle as caries. The sinusesmust be kept open, frequently washedout, and some stiuiulant injected, as hydrochloric acid (diluted),and tonics, and good food must be given from the first. , OR Bony Enlargement. ICxostosis is,
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. thesurface of the bone not being worm-eaten, but smooth, and penetrated bynumerous holes. Again, it is not soft,as in caries ; it cannot be punctured withthe probe, and it is as heavy as in health,if not heavier. Jnatiiicnl.—It must be treated onthesame principle as caries. The sinusesmust be kept open, frequently washedout, and some stiuiulant injected, as hydrochloric acid (diluted),and tonics, and good food must be given from the first. , OR Bony Enlargement. ICxostosis is, in general, the consequence of periostitis, or in-flammation (jf the vascular membrane covering the bone, though itdoubtless also arises from other causes. It sometimes comes onwithout having attracted the least attention, or produced the leastapparent disturbance to the animal, and may appear on any bone inthe body, or on any part of a bone, sometimes so small as to escapeobservation altogether, and sometimes very large. It may becaused by external injury, or it may be the result of constitutional. Fi( TOO. — Back Inside View olthe Bones ol the Hock. II, Illila; I), Oh cuIcIr ; c, AHtrnKu-Iuh; il, CuboldtH; c, Navicular; f,OuttT cundforin; g, Mlddhi ciiiiol-form; li, Spllut; I, Ciiiinon, or eliaiik. DISEASES OF THE BONES. 415 disturbance, more commonly the former. Its nature, causes, symp-toms, and treatment will be better understood by taking the mostcommon example of splint, spavin, and ring-bone. SiLINT, OK Splint is a hard, bony tumor occurringon the inside of the shank or cannon-bone of the fore leg, usually well up nearthe knee, which is well represented byFig. 704. It is situated partly on thesplint-bone (from which it takes itsname), and partly on the horses are most subject tosplints. The ijcriosteuni in ihrni bt-ingmore vascular than in old animals, it ismore liable to inflammation, which isvery readily induced in the unsolidifiedbones of t
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