:J42 FRACTURE OF THE COFFIN-BONE, NAVICULAR BONE. 



eight or ten distinct pieces. When the fracture of the bone is 

 neither compound nor complicated, it may be perfectly reduced 

 by proper bandaging, and, in fact, there have been cases, in 

 which union has taken place with slight assistance from art be- 

 yond the application of a few bandages. 



Fracture of the coffin-bone. — This is an accident of very 

 rare occurrence, and difficult to distinguish from other causes 

 of lameness. The animal halts very considerably — the foot is 

 hot and tender — the pain seems to be exceedingly great, and 

 none of the ordinary causes of lameness are perceived. Accord- 

 ing to Hurtrel D'Arboval, it is not so serious an accident as has 

 been represented. The fractured portions cannot be displaced, 

 and in a vascular bone like this, the union of the divided 

 parts will be readily effected. 



Fracture of the navicular bone has been sufficiently con- 

 sidered under the article "Navicular Joint Disease," p. 311. 



