SPLIT PASTERN 



instance they attach themselves to the splint bones, and 

 create inflammation of the tendons and ligaments, the result 



Splint shown from outside. 



Splint. 



being pain and lameness. Occasionally they appear near 

 the knee, the movement of which is affected by them. 



Treatment. — Rest, cooling food, constant cold bandaging, 

 and a dose of opening medicine. Should the splint show no 

 signs of reduction and the lameness continue, the splint may 

 be painted with iodine twice a day, and if this fails, the 

 limb should be blistered or puncture fired. Of course, how- 

 ever, professional advice should be secured before the latter 

 operation is attem^pted. (See Blistering, Firing^ 



Split Pastern. — A minor fracture of the large pastern 



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