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duction of the leg as it is advanced l)eeaase in this way littk' if 

 any flexion of the carpus (which increases pain) is necessary. 



Depending upon the nature of the cause, there occurs a 

 marked difference in the character and amount of swelling. 



Fig. 11 Pericarpal inflammation and enlargement due to injurj'. 



Naturally, when nuich extravasation of serum and 1)lo()d takes 

 place, there is occasioned a fluctuating swelling which is usually 

 less painful to the subject upon manipulation than is a dense 

 inflammatory change without marked extravasation. 



In acute carpitis, there is present, then, a very painful con- 

 dition which involves the articulation, causing marked lameness, 

 disturbance of appetite and some elevation of temperature. 



Chronic cases do not occasion serious pain or constitutional 

 disturbances, but do interfere with locomotion in direct propor- 

 tion to the existing articular inflammation and periarticular 

 hypertrophy of ligamentous and tendinoi^.s structures. 



Treatment.— If possible, keep the subject absolutely quiet, 

 employing the sling if necessary. During the first stages of in- 

 flammation, the ai)plication of ice packs to the affected parts, is 



