. Fig. 116.—Longitudinal Section of a Foot with Laminitis OF Eight Days' Standing. The separation between the sensitive structures and the hoof is indicated by a dark line. The cavity is filled witli exudate. It will be noted that as yet there is little change in the position of the os pedis. of the OS pedis. With the sensitive structures thus de- tached from the wall, it is evident that very much that formerly held the os pedis in normal position has been destroyed. What then happens is that the whole of the body-weight is placed upon the sole. Never intended to bear the strain thus imposed,
. Fig. 116.—Longitudinal Section of a Foot with Laminitis OF Eight Days' Standing. The separation between the sensitive structures and the hoof is indicated by a dark line. The cavity is filled witli exudate. It will be noted that as yet there is little change in the position of the os pedis. of the OS pedis. With the sensitive structures thus de- tached from the wall, it is evident that very much that formerly held the os pedis in normal position has been destroyed. What then happens is that the whole of the body-weight is placed upon the sole. Never intended to bear the strain thus imposed, it naturally sinks. With the sinking is a corresponding ' dropping' of the pedal bone—in fact, of the whole of the bony column. Seeing that the structures above the hoof are still normally adherent to the bones, it follows that they must, as the os
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