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LAMENESS IN THE HORSE. 



middle, between fetlock aud knee. Splints interfering with 

 the suspensory ligament and flexor tendons, do cause 

 permanent lameness, as the writer repeatedly convinced 

 himself. In those cases, the splint is situated about the 

 middle of the posterior face of ihe large metacarpal bone, 



splint 

 splint 



metacarpal hone 



Fig. 9. 

 1/Ocation of Splints. 



where it can be found by raising the leg and flexing it ; this 

 causes a relaxation of the flexor tendons, which are pushed 

 to one side, thus the posterior face of the large metacarpal 

 bone can be palpated and enlargements felt. The swelling, 

 which at first is slight, becomes somewhat soft on account 

 of the oedema of the overlying skin, but later on it hardens. 



