. An address on the natural history and pathological osteology of the horse : delivered before the annual meeting of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture at Middletown, January, 1870. Horses; Horses -- Diseases. 14 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. splint, and spavin, which should ever be avoided in choosing your breeding stock. That disease which is known as '^ splint'''' is of very com- mon occurrence, and yet it is not grave in its consequences when not complicated by other diseases. It is very simple in Fig. "Eclipse. its nature, origin, and treatment; and consists in the grow- ing of the spl
. An address on the natural history and pathological osteology of the horse : delivered before the annual meeting of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture at Middletown, January, 1870. Horses; Horses -- Diseases. 14 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. splint, and spavin, which should ever be avoided in choosing your breeding stock. That disease which is known as '^ splint'''' is of very com- mon occurrence, and yet it is not grave in its consequences when not complicated by other diseases. It is very simple in Fig. "Eclipse. its nature, origin, and treatment; and consists in the grow- ing of the splint-bone on to the cannon-bone by this same morbid process of exostosis, which is usually the result of an external injury. The hind and forward limbs are alike subject to this dis- ease. " Splint" seldom occasions much lameness, except in its primary stage, when the cushion of fibro-cartilage that is in- terposed between the splint and cannon-bones becomes in- volved in an ossific inflammation. But when these parts are firmly united in bony union, no further pain or lameness will be experienced by the creature. At this stage of the disease treatment of course is useless ; but in the commence- ment give the horse rest and apply cooling lotions to allay the inflammation. In a case of long standing, and even in one having a well- *Photographed from the plate in Gamgee & Law's Veterinary Anatomy. 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 Cressy, Noah. Hartford : Case, Lockwood & Brainard
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