DISEASES AFFECTING BONES, ETC. 



pressure. Such can be obtained by taking a 

 bandage and cotton wool. Let us suppose that 

 it is one of the back tendons that is sprained : 

 take rolls of cotton wool, and pack the hollows 

 of the inner and outer side of the leg, so that 

 when the bandage is applied, the tendons will be 

 equally supported by the bandage at the front, 

 back and sides of the limb. Careful adjustment 

 of the bandage is necessary, but it must not be 

 applied too tightly, otherwise the circulation of 

 this part is retarded. 



CAPPED HOCK 



The term capped hock is a tolerably ex- 

 pressive one, implying as it does an enlargement 

 at the point of the hock, such enlargement 

 varying in size in accordance with the causes 

 operative, or that have been operative with its 

 production. Clinically considered, capped hock 

 is divisible into several varieties, ranging from 

 mere thickening of the skin to involvement 

 of deeper parts, such as the subcutaneous 

 tissue, bursa, and subjacent structures; more- 

 over, such swelling may be accompanied by 



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