DISEASES AFFECTING BONES, ETC. 



four hours, cooling applications are indicated, 

 after this period, warm fomentations and stimu- 

 lating liniments. In chronic sprains, blister. 



BANGED, BROKEN, AND BLEMISHED 

 KNEES 



The first and last named condition included 

 under the above heading are very frequent 

 injuries amongst hunters, for reasons at once 

 obvious. In looking at a hunter's knees, a 

 veterinary surgeon does not pay much attention 

 to superficial injuries or blemishes, but he is 

 more immediately concerned with the degree 

 of action existing at the knee joint, the freedom 

 of which is indispensable in a hunter. Any 

 tendency towards stiffness is sufficient to con- 

 demn a horse of this class. One or both knees 

 may have the skin thickened, and the under- 

 lying structures in a similar condition, if so, 

 this acts as an impediment to the free flexion 

 of the joint. Repeated banging of the knees 

 is the chief cause of the condition just alluded 

 to. A blemish may be slight or severe, but 

 it is not necessarily confined to the knees. A 



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