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of the thigh, to be fixed on the round of the crupper. A and b 

 cross each other at the lower part of the leg, a little above the 

 tendo-Achilles, in order to allow a to pass from the inside to the 

 outside of the leg so as to become attached to the surcingle, 

 while b is secured to the round of the crupper. The small taj)es 

 are, of course, tied together in couples. 



25th. J^andage for the Hock and Gannon. — This requires a 

 piece of cloth of sujBficient dimensions to completely surround the 

 hock and cannon down to the fetlock. Its superior border is 



Fig. 145.— Bandage for the Hock 

 and Cannon, applied. 



Fig. 146.— The same, isolated. 



notched for the fold of the hock, and a gusset is made in its lower 

 extremity for the fetlock. Four straps proceed from its superior 

 border to be secured to the bandage of the leg, and the ends of 

 the small tapes of its lateral borders are tied together in pairs in 

 front of the leg. 



{(j) Mechanical Bandages. — This is the distinctive name of a 

 class of dressings which are not only a passive means of protec- 

 tion to the parts upon which they are appHed, but from which 

 also proceeds a direct or positive action, by co-operating in the 

 recovery of lesions, if indeed it is not the true operating 

 cause which brings it about. Eollers and wide bandages some- 



