. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. FKACTURES. 241. Broken Arm.—The humerus (see "Skeleton of the Horse" on page 145) is the strongest bone in the body, and, as might be expected, has a hirge number of very powerful muscles attached to it; for Mdiich reason, a com- plete fracture of the humerus is but rarely treated, as the tense action "of the muscles '^lio^Miit, the bony foi-mation by which the two pull the divided eucls bonc« have been united, and us a consequence j, ,, ^ , . , the joint has been made
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. FKACTURES. 241. Broken Arm.—The humerus (see "Skeleton of the Horse" on page 145) is the strongest bone in the body, and, as might be expected, has a hirge number of very powerful muscles attached to it; for Mdiich reason, a com- plete fracture of the humerus is but rarely treated, as the tense action "of the muscles '^lio^Miit, the bony foi-mation by which the two pull the divided eucls bonc« have been united, and us a consequence j, ,, ^ , . , the joint has been made stiff. OI tlie bOUe apart. With such force as to forbid the hope of bringing and knitting them together. Broken Ulna.—The ulna bone at the point of the elbow, ow- ing to its prominent position, is subject to fractures from vi- olence. When it is the upper part that is injured, repair may gener- ally be effected by using splints from the foot to the shoulder. When lower down, involving the elbow-joint, the case becomes ver}^ serious, and even if the animal is saved, he is extremely likely to have a stiff joint. Broken Radius.—The radius maybe broken, oftener than from anything else by the horse jumping a high fence. It is not very readily treated, but when handled by an expert veter- inarian, the application of the splint from the foot up to the shoulder will often result favor- ably. Broken Knee.—The carpus, or knee, con- sists of eight bones, all more or less subject to fracture, from falls, blows, etc., and usually marked by a very severe form of inflammation. This is best treated by cooling lotions, as pre- scribed for the treatment of inflammation in Chapter XIV. The object sought, in treating these cases, is to obtain an ankylosis of the bones involving the joint. This, when at the lower part, is not necessarily a very serious result, but when high, and thus involving the true joint, stiffness is to be expected after the Please note that these images are ext
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