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liable to be mistaken. There is the fact that the injury 

 occurred suddenly during action, the horse at once showing 

 lameness, more extreme on hard ground ; there is no injury to 

 ligaments nor tendons ; but pain when the pastern is fully 

 flexed, and with or without swelling on the bone ; there is a 

 line of tenderness which can easily be traced with the fingers 

 and corresponds to the fracture. 



Treattnent. — Place the patient in slings, and if grating is 

 heard apply a strong bandage to above the fetlock. If no 

 grating, soothe the early inflammation for a day or two, then 

 render the parts immovable by a smart blister on the front and 

 sides of the pastern from the hoof to the fetlock. Such cases 

 usually do well, though if the fracture extends into a joint the 

 lecovery is likely to be imperfect. 



In the smaller animals bandages are requisite for fracture of 

 the digital bones. 



BONY GROWTHS ON THE PASTERN BONES. RINGBONES. 



l^lff. 68. - Ringbones —high and low. The rough irregular deposits of r\<T*i 

 bone aie shown on the lateral naxts of t}i» large and small pastern bo.iea 

 respectively. 



