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SYNOVIAL ENLARGEMENTS. 



a distended condition of the capsular ligament of the fetlock joint. 4. As 

 mentioned by Percivall, in front of the fetlock, but between the extensor 

 tendon and the skin. 5. Between the sesamoid bones and the perforans 

 tendon. In this last form, as the distended sac cannot, owing to the pressure 

 of the perforans tendon, bulge backwards; it appears as a puffy swelling at 

 both sides of the back of the fetlock, constituting what we may term thorough- 

 pin of the fetlock. 



TREATMENT. — Although windgalls, when they are soft and 

 cool, are of little consequence; still, for appearance sake and to 

 prevent their further development, we may with advantage try 

 massage (p. 664) and bandaging with evenly distributed pressure 

 (p. 45), which have a marA^ellously good effect in reducing them. 



Fig. 128. — Position of bog spavin, 

 indicated by dotted line. 



If this treatment be discontinued, the probability is that the 

 windgalls will again show as soon as work is recommenced. 



When the appearance of a windgall is accompanied by heat, and 

 especially when there is tenderness and lameness; we may regard 

 the enlargement as a symptom of sprain to tendon or ligament, or 

 of inflammation of bone from concussion. Here, also, massage 



