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BONES OF THE HIND LIMB - 201 



Os Femoris or Thigh-Bone 201 



Patella - 202 



Tibia or Second Thigh 202 



The Fibula 203 

 The Tarsus or Hock The Calcis Astragalus or Knuckle-Bone The 

 Cuboid The Cuneiform Magnum The Cuneiform Medium 



The Cuneiform Parvum 203 



DISEASES OF BONES 205 



King-Bone - 205 



Splint 206 



Ostitis Inflammation of Bone - 208 



Periostitis 208 



Chronic Periostitis - 210 



Acute Ostitis - 210 



Chronic Ostitis 211 



Necrosis and Caries - 212 



Osteo-porosis Big Head - 214 



Post-mortem Examination 216 



Spavin 216 



Bone-Spavin - 217 



Metacarpal Periostitis Sore Shins 219 



15. FRACTURES- 

 CAUSES - - 222 

 PREDISPOSING CAUSES 222 

 EXCITING CAUSES - 224 

 SYMPTOMS - 224 

 TREATMENT - 227 

 COMPOUND FRACTURE - - 233 

 PARTICULAR FRACTURES - 234 



Fracture of the Bones of the Skull - 234 



Fracture of the Vertebrae - - - 235 



Fracture of the Dorsal and Lumbar Vertebrae - 236 



Fracture of the Bones of the Face Fracture of the Frontal Bone 238 



Fracture of the Lower Jaw 239 



Fracture of the Anterior Maxillary Bone - 242 



FRACTURE OF THE BONES OF THE FORE EXTREMITY - - 243 



Fracture of the Scapula or Blade-Bone - 243 



Fracture of the Humerus - 244 



Fracture of the Ulna - - 245 



Fracture of the Radius 246 



Fracture of the Knee-Bones 247 



Fracture of the Metacarpal Bones 248 



Fracture of the Os Suffraginis or Large Pastern - 249 



Fracture of the Sesamoid Bones 250 



Fracture of the Navicular Bone - - 252 



