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remains after the fracture has healed, which resembles 

 partial lumbar paralysis, but is differentiated from it by the 

 deformed condition of the buttock. The animal in either 

 case is affected with an unsteady, wabbling gait behind, the 

 toes of the feet being excessively worn. 



Palpation. — Swelling of the muscles of that region, some- 

 times of the vagina, and even of the rectum. There is more 

 or less crepitation, best detected by resting one hand upon 

 the external angle of the ilium and the other upon the 

 region of the ischial tuberosity, and pushing these parts 

 toward the other side, thus weighting first the one and then 

 the other leg. (See fig. 23.) 



7. — Fracture of the External Branch of the 

 Ischium. 



Lameness slight or even absent, with usually pronounced 

 crepitation. The region of the hip joint bulges out visibly, 

 the ilium seems lowered, and the region of the ischial 

 tuberosity appears fattened. If the above-named and 

 described conditions are present, the diagnosis of fracture 

 of the pelvis can safely be made, provided fracture of the 

 femur is excluded. (See fig. 23.) 



