. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... for a time. In one case under my notice the horse stood forthree weeks, but when turned out to grass it laid down to roll, andon rising broke the bone in two. In the case of a blow on the insideof the fore-leg—the radius—there is the same danger, and similartreatment must be adopted. loi. Scapula, or Shoulder-Blade, may be broken by excessivemuscular contraction, owing to the lower parts of the limb—par-ticularly the foot—being suddenly injured. It may also be damagedby the animal falling, thr
. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... for a time. In one case under my notice the horse stood forthree weeks, but when turned out to grass it laid down to roll, andon rising broke the bone in two. In the case of a blow on the insideof the fore-leg—the radius—there is the same danger, and similartreatment must be adopted. loi. Scapula, or Shoulder-Blade, may be broken by excessivemuscular contraction, owing to the lower parts of the limb—par-ticularly the foot—being suddenly injured. It may also be damagedby the animal falling, through making too sharp a turn whengalloping. If the fracture be oblique, and the horse is put in sHngs,the parts being well supported with a good pitch charge, a goodrecovery may result; but if the neck of the bone be broken, andthe joint be implicated, treatment is of little avail. 102. Humerus can be fractured by the animal falling in itsgallop, or by a kick from another horse. Recovery entirely dependson the nature of the injury. Treatment is the same as for theshoulder-blade. PLATE VII. EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII BONE DISEASES 1. Anchylosis of the Back Bone, showing Three Bones fused together. 2. Anchylosis of the Pastern Bone, with Caries and High Ring Bone. 3. Shank Bone {a), Long Pastern (b), and Short Pastern (c), and Coffin or Pedal Bone {d}, showing Bony Deposits, with Ulceration;(X) Seat of Splint. 4. Left Hock-Joint. ( x ) Seat of Bone Spavin. 5. Occult Bone Spavin, showing Three Bones united together (the Two Cuneiform Bones and the Scaphoid), as a Result of Inflammation andBony Deposit. 6. Ulceration or Caries of the Elbow-Joint of a Horse. 7. Coffin Bone, with Lateral Cartilage ossified and enlarged as Side Bones. 8. Bad Caries, Side Bones. 9. Normal Coffin or Pedal Bone. 10. Knee Spavin with Caries. 11. Sound Navicular Bone. 12. Navicular Bone : Dark Spots indicate Ulceration of Bone, as in Navicular Disease. 54 VETERINARY LECTURES 103. Ulna.—The upper an
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