140 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



Patella, Dislocation of. — This is a common occur- 

 rence in high spirited, nervous and weakly horses. 



Symptom. — The horse stops, if at work, and throws 

 up his head, with the pastern of the dislocated leg, 

 slightly bent, and the leg held back behind the body and 

 is unable to bring it under it. Fever and irritation 

 sometimes accompanies this accident, more especially if 

 it is of rare occurrence in that animal. The oftner the 

 patella has been out the less fever and irritation will be 

 seen. There are horses with which its of frequent 

 occurrence, and happily for them, there is just as 

 little trouble in putting the leg in its place again, a 

 crack of the whip will do it sometimes. This is a 

 serious object, in an otherwise fancy horse. There is 

 but one other affection of the hind leg which can be mis- 

 taken for it, and that is cramp. (Which See.) 



Treatment. — Remove the horse to a stable, and attach 

 a rope to the pastern of the leg which is dislocated, and 

 carry the end of the rope through a ring or over a beam 

 at or about the horse's head, and place the end of the 

 rope in the hand of one or two strong men, telling them 

 not to pull till a man is placed at the head of the horse 

 to keep him steady, and another man at the leg with one 

 hand placed firmly on the point of the hock joint pulling 

 towards himself, with the other pushing firmly against 

 the dislocated joint, then the men on the rope will pull 

 firmly and gently, till the foot is brought fair in under the 

 horse's body, after which the rope is to be removed and 

 the horse kept quiet for a day or two. 



Pasterns. — (See Sprains.) 



Pelvis. — The anotamical name for the lower part of 

 the abdomen or belly. 



