. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. (IJf) Drawing of the Shoe and Bar Used for the Treatment of the Case Referred To. This is one of llie simplest, as well as oneof the most useful operations in equine sur-gery, as it will restore to normal position and strength a limb which has been so much deformed by contraction of the great flexortendon of the foot, as to leave an otherwise good horse utterly useless. This con-traction causes what is known as knuckling, or descending forward and down-ward of the fetlock joint towa
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. (IJf) Drawing of the Shoe and Bar Used for the Treatment of the Case Referred To. This is one of llie simplest, as well as oneof the most useful operations in equine sur-gery, as it will restore to normal position and strength a limb which has been so much deformed by contraction of the great flexortendon of the foot, as to leave an otherwise good horse utterly useless. This con-traction causes what is known as knuckling, or descending forward and down-ward of the fetlock joint toward the ground. TENOTOMY. 007. Fio. 937.—Drawing of Model Shoe and Bar Designedfor this Purpose, and its Adjustment. The operation is ns follows : The horse is secured (in some cases throwing down is unnecessary), the leg is flexed or bent at the knee, a very small incision is made through tlie sl<in on the inside of the leg, at the inner border of the tendon, where it stands out freest from tlie cannon hone, at a, Fig. 925. Then insert a probe-pointed tenotomy knife, keeping it pressed as close to the tendon as possible to avoid cutting the artery, which may be better protected by pressing with the fingers of the left hand toward the bone, all the soft tissues lying in front of the ten-don. Press the knife in until the skin is reached, but not cut, on the opposite side ; turn the edgi; toward the tendon, cut carefully backward, while an attendant straightens the limb, until both tendons are severed, if necessary, to let the limb out straight. But a small wound is best for the healing process. And where ad-hes
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