DISTENSION OF THE SYNOVIAL CAPSULE OF THE KNEE JOINT. 



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Treatment is identical with that indicated in the last condition. 



Massage and cold water applications should be employed at first, to 

 be fohowed by aseptic puncture and withdrawal of fluid, supplemented if 

 necessary by firing in points. 



DISTENSION OF THE SYNOVIAL CAPSULE OF THE KNEE JOINT. 



This is one of the rarest conditions now under consideration, because 

 the synovial membranes of the knee joint are everywhere strongly 



Fig. 17. — Front view of the ox's 

 hock, showing the relations of 

 the tendons and synovial sacs. 



Fig. 18. — Side view of the ox's hock. The syno- 

 vial sac of the true hock joint has been injected 

 to show the relations of the sacs. 



supported by very powerful ligaments. The synovial capsules of the 

 carpo-metacarpal and inter-carpal joints are incapable of forming sacs 

 of any size. On the other hand, the radio-carpal may become moderately 

 prominent in front, especially towards the outside above the superior 

 carpal ligament. When weight is placed on the limb, the excess of 

 synovia is expelled from the joint cavity towards this little sac, which 



