CONTENTS 



SECTION I. 

 DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION. 



CHAP. PAGE 



Methods of Examination 1 



I. DISEASES OF BONES. 3 



General Diseases 4 



Eachitis 4 



Osseous Cachexia .7 



Local Affections 20 



Fractures 20 



Fractures of the horns 21 



Detachment of the horns . 23 



Fissuring of the horns . ... . ' . . . .24 

 Fractures of the horns 25 



Exostoses . . . ... . . . . ■. .27 



Spavin in the ox. ......... 27 



Eing-bone 28 



Suppm-ating ostitis 29 



Bone tumours 30 



II. DISEASES OF THE FOOT 31 



Congestion of the Claws 31 



Contusions of the sole .31 



Laminitis 32 



Sand crack ...,.,.,,.. 34 



Pricks and stabs in shoeing 36 



Picked-up nails, etc. (" Gathered nail") 37 



Inflammation of the interdigital space (Condylomata) ... 38 



Canker 40 



Grease 41 



Panaritium — Felon — Whitlow . , , . . , .41 

 Foot rot ,..,,. 43 



III. DISEASES OF THE SYXOyiAL MEMBEANES AND OF THE 



AETICULATIONS .......... ia 



I. Synovial Membranes and Articulations .... 45 



Synovitis , 45 



Inflammation of the patellar synovial capsule . , . , 4^ 



