. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. e break-ing up. The bone is easily punctured with a probe != 1 -^ I paused hv iniurv. -or knife. Treatvicnt.—This, in most cases, is a very tedious affair. In the first place, the wound must befreely opened, and the partstouched with dilute hydro-chloric acid several times aday. Mineral and vegetabletonics must be given. Whenpracticable, as on the withers,the diseased portion should becut off with a fine saw. Occur-ring in a joint, we must en-deavor to produce anchylosis/ y
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. e break-ing up. The bone is easily punctured with a probe != 1 -^ I paused hv iniurv. -or knife. Treatvicnt.—This, in most cases, is a very tedious affair. In the first place, the wound must befreely opened, and the partstouched with dilute hydro-chloric acid several times aday. Mineral and vegetabletonics must be given. Whenpracticable, as on the withers,the diseased portion should becut off with a fine saw. Occur-ring in a joint, we must en-deavor to produce anchylosis/ yi of the joint, the treatment of which has been explained as for spavins, etc. Necrosis of Bone. Necrosis is generally de-fined to be the entire deathor mortification of a bone. Itdiffers from caries, in whichthe bone is discharged in particles, whereas in necrosis not unfre-quently the whole bone dies, and becomes encased in a new bone ofexactly the same shape, which is perforated by numerous holes,through which the old bone exfoliates. Causes.—In man it not unfrequently arises from constitutional. Fig. 704.—Splint, andSmall Wind-gall. Fig. —a Splintafter Cure. 414 DISEASES AX J) Til El I! TItEATMENT. causes,—scrofula, etc. ; but in the lower animals it generally arisesfrom local causes, mechanical injuries, extensive destruction of thesurrounding soft parts, especially if it involves the artery supplyingnourishment to the bono. In young thoroughbred horses, we arefamiliar with it from sore shins, whicharises from the animal being jjut intraining too young. The concussions< ts ii|) inflammation of the [jcriosteum,which may be followed by caries, butmore commonly necrosis of the cannon bc)MC. Syiiip/oii/s. - The external appearancesdo not differ very materially from have sinuses penetrating bone, fromwhich there is a copious discharge ofmost offensive-smelling matter, in whichare occasionally discharged pieces ofdeail bone which have escaped throught
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