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DISEASES OF THE METATARSUS. 



forms no exception to the general rule, and prognosis is therefore 

 unfavourable in all cases of wounding or distension associated with 

 pus formation. Frequently after acute symptoms have disappeared, a 



Pig. 548. — Tendon sheaths and bursas 

 of the hock- joint, seen from within 

 (semi-diagrammatic), a, Tendon 

 sheath of the flexor accessorius 

 tendon ; b, tendon sheath of the 

 flexor pedis perforans tendon ; 

 c, bursa of the internal division of 

 the flexor metatarsi tendon ; d, 

 bursa calcanea ; e, tendon sheath 

 of the flexor pedis perforatus on 

 the point of the hock. 



Fit;. r>47. Tendon sheal lis and bursas of the 

 hind limb of the horse, seen from without 

 (semi-diagrammatic). a, Trochanteric 

 bursa; b, prepatellar bursa-; C, tendon 

 sheath of the extensor pedis; d, bursa 

 calcanea ; e, tendon sheath of the flexor 

 pedis perforatus tendon : /, tendon sheath 

 of the peroneus tendon. 



large swelling remains, and its removal by any treatment can scarcely 

 be expected. 



Treatment depends on the state of the distension. Wounds near 



