86 VETERINARY LECTURES 



so to prevent it lying down, as, when once the cap has been disturbed 

 and ligaments stretched, it is apt to again become displaced. 



1 66. Hip-Joint Dislocation. — From some extensive injury this 

 joint occasionally becomes dislocated, being usually accompanied by 

 a fracture. The leg seems much shorter than its fellow, and does 

 not reach the ground. When the dislocation is forward, in front of 

 the articulation, the back of the leg hangs, pressing against the front 

 of the shank bone of the opposite leg, and when the dislocation is 

 backward, the front of the leg presses against the back of the shank 

 of its fellow. When the muscles are so extensively lacerated, and 

 the swelling is great, the animal is usually destroyed. 



