CHAPTER VI. 

 The Haunch and other Portions of the Hind Legs. 



FRACTURE OF THE TUBEROSITIES OF 

 THE HAUNCH. 



THE portions of the haunch or pelvis which are most 

 liable to injury or fracture are the tuberosities on the 

 points of the various bones. It sometimes happens 

 that those parts are fractured by a fall or heavy blow. 

 When such is the case, the horse will walk lame, and 

 swelling will take place in the contiguous parts, with 

 a degree of heat, as inflammation is always an accom- 

 paniment of fracture. There are no mechanical means 

 of bringing those parts together, to force a reunion 

 and place them in their natural position ; so that all 

 we can do is to place the horse in slings and allow 

 Nature to work her own cure. A large and strong 

 adhesive plaster may be laid across the haunch, which 

 will, in some measure, assist in keeping together and 

 supporting the parts. It seldom, however, happens 

 that the parts again adhere in their natural position, 

 consequently deformity and lameness are entailed upon 

 the animal for life. 



SPRAIN OF THE ROUND BONE. 



SYMPTOMS. The rounded termination of the femur 

 or thigh-bone is in common language termed the 

 round-bone. In a few isolated cases this part has 

 been dislocated, and the rounded part which fits into 



