. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. ^ to the skin, l)ut a ruptureof the tendon, a splint should be put on and the leg held in the normal. Fig. 116.—Dog with elbow boil (hygroma). position for at east two weeks. If this is not successful the skin shouldbe opened over the lacerated tendon, the ends freshened by scarificationand united by a stitch. This is generally successful. Hygroma of the Elbow.—Large heavy dogs, particularly mastiffs,St. Bernards and Great Danes, have a habit, when recumbent, of lyingon the point of the elbow, causing pressure and a gradual thickeningand swelling of t
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. ^ to the skin, l)ut a ruptureof the tendon, a splint should be put on and the leg held in the normal. Fig. 116.—Dog with elbow boil (hygroma). position for at east two weeks. If this is not successful the skin shouldbe opened over the lacerated tendon, the ends freshened by scarificationand united by a stitch. This is generally successful. Hygroma of the Elbow.—Large heavy dogs, particularly mastiffs,St. Bernards and Great Danes, have a habit, when recumbent, of lyingon the point of the elbow, causing pressure and a gradual thickeningand swelling of the skin and frequently serofibrinous inflammation ofthe bursa olecrani. This is shown in a round oval protuberance at theelbow, varying in size from a hazel nut to a goose egg. It is generally hot,painful and frequently fluctuating and contains a cpantity of seroussometimes serofibrinous fluid (Fig. 116). As it is a great eye-sore,affecting the appearance of the animal and at the same time interferingmore or less with the animal when in position it generahyis emptied by making an incision in a dependant part of the serouss
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