316 rARnCTTLAE LAMENESSES. 



Treatment of Curb. — Rest, a high-heeled shoe, reduction of 

 the inflammation, and afterwards removal of the thickening 

 by means of iodine or its salts. If lameness is persistent, 

 firing. 



The tendon of the flexor pedis perforans is liable to injury 

 as it passes through the tarsal groove, succeeded by great lame- 

 ness, distension of the bursa, the swelling prominent both below 

 and above the hock on its postero-internal aspect. The tendon 

 is bound down at the tarsal groove by the posterior annular 

 ligament, thus preventing the swelling from appearing except 

 above and below. 



The superior tarsal ligaments correspond to the radials; 

 the metatarsals to the metacarpals in the fore extremity. Both, 

 are liable to sprain, the latter much oftener than the former,, 

 characterised by lameness, swelling, and other signs already 

 described. 



