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What are so-called " wind galls " ? State their cause. 



An accumulation of a serous fluid in a dilated tendon-sheath, 

 non-inflammatory and painless. Occur most frequently in the re- 

 gion of the fetlock. Caused by chronic serous tendovaginitis, result- 

 ing from continued, severe exertions. Occasionally seen following 

 contagious pleuropneumonia. 



Write a prescription for a blister for bowed tendons. 



Hydrargyri biniodidi 3ij 



Pulv. cantharides 3ij 



01. adipis Sij 



Misce. 



Sig. — Apply with friction to affected tendons. 



Muscles and Nerves 



Define myositis. Give causes and symptoms. 



Myositis is an inflammation of a muscle. 



Causes: Traumatic, infection, cold and parasites. 



Symptoms : Pain, swelling and local heat. Symptoms are local- 

 ized in most cases, as contrasted with rheumatism which has a ten- 

 dency to shift from place to place and has no definite local boundary. 

 Special symptoms, such as lameness, corresponding to the part 

 affected. 



Give results of neurotomy when unfavorable. 



Fractures, due to neurotrophic atrophy; necrosis of extremity 

 following infected wounds ; neuroma forming on end of cut nerve ; 

 regeneration and restored function. 



Give the differential symptoms of paralysis originating in the brain, 

 cord and periphery. 

 Brain: Monoplegia or hemiplegia; one or more cranial nerves 

 often involved; more or less loss of consciousness. 



Cord : Paraplegia more common ; psychic derangements absent ; 

 cranial nerves unaffected; bladder and rectum simultaneously 

 paralyzed. 



Periphery : Single muscles or groups of muscles affected without 

 cerebral or spinal complications. 



What is " Sweeney " ? What treatment is indicated ? 



"Sweeney" is the term applied by horsemen to the atrophy of 

 the spinati muscles which follows paralysis of the suprascapular 

 nerve. 



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