. The farmer's veterinary adviser, a guide to the prevention and treatment of disease in domestic animals. Veterinary medicine; Veterinary hygiene. 452 The Farmer's Veterinary AdvLier. retaining it in position by firm pads of tow placed in the hollow in front of the bone and a strong starch or plaster extending from the hoof to beyond the hock. Wlien there is no detachment, soothe the parts till heat and tenderness subside and then blister, allowing a long period of rest. FEACTUEES OP THE OTHER HOCK BONES. If these implicate the upper or true hock joint, they are usually beyond remedy
. The farmer's veterinary adviser, a guide to the prevention and treatment of disease in domestic animals. Veterinary medicine; Veterinary hygiene. 452 The Farmer's Veterinary AdvLier. retaining it in position by firm pads of tow placed in the hollow in front of the bone and a strong starch or plaster extending from the hoof to beyond the hock. Wlien there is no detachment, soothe the parts till heat and tenderness subside and then blister, allowing a long period of rest. FEACTUEES OP THE OTHER HOCK BONES. If these implicate the upper or true hock joint, they are usually beyond remedy, but if the lower flat bones only, they present symptoms hke those of bone spavin, and may recover by union of the smaU bones. BONE SPAVIN. This consists in disease (inflammation, ulceration, bony deposit,) of the small flat bones in the lower and inner Fig. Fig. 70—Bone Spavin affecting both inner and outer sides of the joint. part of the hock joint, often implicating those of the outei side as weU. It may be manifested by local swelling, heat and tenderness, or these may be altogether absent as in cases of ulceration in the centre of the joint between the flat bones—(Occidt Spavin). The swelling, when it does exist, is on the antero-internal aspect of the lower part of the articulation, to be seen by standing about two feet from the fore limb and looking across the front of the joint. It is hard and to be distinguished from the tense, elastic swelling caused by sprain of the inner branch of the flexor tendon, and from the soft distended vein (so-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Law, James, 1838-1921. Ithaca [N. Y. ] The author
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