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Enlargement of the Splint Bones. 



As a result of inflammation, we may meet with the two follow- 

 ing forms of enlargement of the splint bones, without counting 

 alterations in the size of these bones under the familiar forms of 

 splint and spavin : — 



1. Enlargement of the head of the outer splint bone of a hind 

 ley (Figs. 84 and 85). Though this disease is well known to 



Fig 84. — Jarde. 



Fig. 85. — Jarde. 



Continental veterinary surgeons (the French calling it jarde, the 

 Italians giarda) ; no distinctive name has been given to it by 

 English veterinarians, an omission which may be accounted for 

 by the fact that the increase of size of the part and the influence 

 of the disease on the animal's gait are generally not sufiicient to 

 attract attention. The term, sometimes used, of " spavin on the 

 outside of the leg," is entirely a misnomer ; for here, the bony affec- 

 tion does not extend above the head of the splint bone ; while in 

 spavin, one or more of the bones above the splint bone are always 

 implicated. This limitation to the extent of the inflammation of 

 the head of the outer splint bone of the hind leg, has been proved by 

 careful researches made by Gillet, Goubaux, and Barrier. A jarde 



