. The principles and practice of veterinary surgery . t of the stifle or the gastrocnemii were injured,the tendo-achilles fell into a relaxed condition when the limbwas elevated from the ground. Figure 49 is from life, drawn by Professor Vaughan, whena student of the College. The horse was an ill-lookinglong-legged cart-horse, very subject to rheumatic attacks, forwhich Mr. Cunningham of Slateford had repeatedly attendedhim. Towards the end of 1871 he was found one morning tobe very lame, and when he attempted to move, the near hindleg was thrown upwards and backwards with great violence; atth
. The principles and practice of veterinary surgery . t of the stifle or the gastrocnemii were injured,the tendo-achilles fell into a relaxed condition when the limbwas elevated from the ground. Figure 49 is from life, drawn by Professor Vaughan, whena student of the College. The horse was an ill-lookinglong-legged cart-horse, very subject to rheumatic attacks, forwhich Mr. Cunningham of Slateford had repeatedly attendedhim. Towards the end of 1871 he was found one morning tobe very lame, and when he attempted to move, the near hindleg was thrown upwards and backwards with great violence; atthe same time the tendo-achilles was seen to fall into a num-ber of folds. Upon the limb being elevated by the hand, thesame seemingly powerless condition of the gastrocnemii wa8observed. The limb was swollen above and in front of the LACERATION OF FLEXOE METATARSI MUSCLE. 297 hock, midway between it and the patella. The horse being oldand not of much value^ the owner, at the suggestion of , sent him to the College for dissection, when it. KiG. 49. was discovered that the flexor metatarsi was lacerated acrossits whole thickness, at a point corresponding to the externalswelling; its fibres were pale, and when examined under themicroscope their tranverse strise were nearly, and in someplaces entirely, absent, showing that the sarcous elements wereundergoing degeneration. I have met with other instances ofthe same lesion, but never had the opportunity of making a dis-section of the parts prior to this. As to the probability ofrepair, I think that, provided the animal be not too old, thechances of recovery are very good, and that in the course oftime reunion of the divided muscle may be expected; butshould the horse be old, or of a weak constitution, the pro-babilities are that the rupture is a result of degenerativedisease of the muscular tissue, and not a mere accident, and 298 PARTICULAR LAMENESSES. that the process of repair will be very doubtful and unsatis-factory.
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