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OFtkATlONS ON hO'S'siS. 



Fractures of the Coronet. — Though these are generally of the 

 commmuted kind, there are often conditions associated with 

 them which justify the surgeon in attempting their treatment. 

 Though crej)itation is not alwaj's easy to detect, the excessive 

 lameness, the soreness on pressure, the inability to carry weight, 

 the difficulty experienced in raising the foot, all these suggest, as 

 the solution of the question of diagnosis, the fracture of the 

 coronet, with the accompanying realization of the fact that there 

 is yet, by reason of the situation of the member, immobilized as it 

 is by its structure and its surroundings, room left for a not un- 

 favorable prognosis. Only a sHght manipulation will be needed 

 in the treatment of this lesion. To render the immobihty of the 



Fig. 284.— Animal with Fracture below the knee with Spints ind Support, 

 Resting in Slings. 



