. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. 362 DISEASES OF THE HOESE'S FOOT parts. This is done that we may be quite certain nothing at all remains calculated to give rise to further trouble. It goes without saying that, in addition to the necrosed cartilage, all other diseased and necrotic tissues should also be removed. The os pedis is occasionally found necrotic just where the cartilage joins it, or it may be that a small portion of the sensitive laminae, by reason of its liver- red or even gray coloration, gives evidence of death of the part. The former must be well curetted, and the l
. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. 362 DISEASES OF THE HOESE'S FOOT parts. This is done that we may be quite certain nothing at all remains calculated to give rise to further trouble. It goes without saying that, in addition to the necrosed cartilage, all other diseased and necrotic tissues should also be removed. The os pedis is occasionally found necrotic just where the cartilage joins it, or it may be that a small portion of the sensitive laminae, by reason of its liver- red or even gray coloration, gives evidence of death of the part. The former must be well curetted, and the latter cleaned carefully with a scalpel and - a Fig. 142.—Partial Excision of the Lateral Cartilage by removing a portion of the coronary cushion. The dotted lines show the outline of the wedge-shaped portion of structures to be removed, including skin, coronary cushion, horn, and sensitive laminie. a, The ojieuing of the fistula. The operation finished, the foot is again douched in an antiseptic solution, the wound mopped dry with carbolized tow, dressed with either of the dressings described on page 858, and finally bandaged. The dressing should be changed every three days only, unless in the meanwhile pawing movements and other symptoms of distress indicate their removal. The length of coronary cushion removed in this operation is from } to -h inch (we ourselves, however, have seen it more), and yet its loss seems to occasion no serious after-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reeks, H. Caulton. London : Bailière, Tindall etc.
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