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of the wound, when it is thoroughly dry, will stop it for a few 

 da3'S. By continuing this application, a cure in a great many 

 cases can be made. 



Pathology. — A department of medical science which treats of 

 the causes and nature of disease, and of the appearances of dis- 

 eased parts when living or dead. 



Patella, Dislocation of the. — This is a common occurrence 

 in high spirited, nervous and weakly horses. 



Symptoms. The horse stops, if at work, and throws up his head, 

 slightly bending the pastern of the dislocated leg, and holding the 

 leg back behind the body, being unable to bring it under it. Fe- 

 ver and irritation sometimes accompanies this accident, more es- 

 pecially if it is of rare occurrence in the animal. The oftener 

 the patella has been out, the less fever and irritation will be seen. 

 There are horses with which it is of frequent occurrence, and hap- 

 pily for them, there is just as little trouble in putting the leg in 

 its place again ; a crack of the whip will do it sometimes. This 

 is a serious object, in an otherwise fancy horse. There is but one 

 other afifection of the hind leg which can be mistaken for it, and 

 that is cramp (which see). 



Treatment. Remove the horse to a stable, attach a rope to the 

 pastern of the leg which is dislocated, carry the end of the rope 

 through a ring or over a beam at-or about the horse's head, place 

 the end of the rope in the hands of one or two strong men — tell- 

 ing them not to pull till a man is placed at the head of the horse 

 to keep him steady — have another man at the leg with one hand 

 placed firmly on the point of the hock -joint, pulling towards him- 

 self, and the other pushing firmly against the dislocated joint, 

 then let the men on the rope pull firmly and gently, till the foot 

 is brought fairly in under the horse's body ; after which the rope 

 should be removed, and the horse kept quiet for a day or two. 



Pasterns. — (See Sprains.) 



Pelvis. — The anatomical name for the lower part of the abdo- 

 men or belly. 



Pelvic Abscess. — This condition is sometimes seen in weakly 

 constitutioned mares within a few days after foaling. 



Symptoms. In from one to four days one of the thighs of the 

 hind legs will be swollen, hot and painful, causing the mare to 



