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described for the treatnient of sprain in " Hayes' Sporting News " 

 of '20t\i of October, 1888 (Calcutta). Since that time, I have 

 used it with such marked success, that I now trust solely to it and 

 massage (p. 664) in the treatnient of those sprains to which I can 

 apply it. I am glad to say that many other persons to whom I have 

 taught this melliod, have obtained equally good results. I have cer- 

 tainly found it to be the most useful improvement ever introduced 



Fig. 22. — Shoe with cross-bar for giving support to fetlock. 



into veterinary surgery. Although I have laid stress on the fact 

 that the early stage of sprain is the time when special benefit 

 can be obtained from well-adjusted j^ressure, I would wish to 

 point out that it is also efhcacious for the removal of exudation 

 and synovial enlargements which often accompany old sprains 

 of tendon and ligament. The benefit of pressure in the case of 

 recent sprain, is, I may again point out, to cause the removal of the 

 fluid which produces the swelling, and to place the injured fibres in 

 the best possible position to become repaired. 



