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THE HORSE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 



bursa situated over the first vertebra. A bruise or other injury 

 is the most frequent cause of poll-evil. External applications of 

 liniments and poultices fail to remedy the condition. Lancing 

 the swelling on each side does not answer, for it is impossible to 



Fig. 48.— Chart showing "The Points": 1, Poll; 2, forehead; 3, face; 4, 

 muzzle; 5, throat-latch; 6, windpipe; 7, jugular groove; 8, point of shoulder; 

 9, chest; 10, arm; 11, forearm; 12, knee; 13, fetlock; 14, pastern; 15, neck; 16, 

 crest; 17, withers; 18, back; 19, shoulder; 20, elbow; 21, loin; 22, coupling; 

 23, hip; 24, croup; 25, flank; 26, stifle; 27, hip-joint; 28, thigh; 29, quarter; 30, 

 point of hock; 31, hock-joint; 32, gaskin or lower thigh; 33, coronet. (Photo- 

 graph of model designed by Geo. F. Morris.) 



get complete drainage. Consequently, it will be necessary to have 

 the surgeon incise the enlargement lengthwise and carry the cut 

 over the prominence of the poll and down on to the forehead to 

 insure permanent relief. Injections of a specially prepared bacterin 

 have proved helpful in hastening recovery. 



