556 DISEASES AND TUEIR TREATMENT. 



joint knuckling forward as' shown in Fig. 862. It was absolutely 

 necessary to drive him eight or ten miles. By bandaging the leg 

 tightly as described, he went along quite well ; but as soon as the 

 stable was reached, this bandage was taken off, and a looser one put 

 on, which was kept wet as explained ; and being compelled to drive 

 him everyday, this treatment was repeated; and though he was 

 driven over One hundred miles in two Weeks, he was at the end of 

 that time entirely over the effects of the sprain. 



At another time, when in Maine, Tommy sprained the tendons 

 of one of his forward legs so seriously that he could scarcely step. 

 We simply raised the heel-calks of his shoe, rounded the toe, and 

 bandaged the parts loosely, and kept wet as explained. Next 

 morning the ankle was tightly bandaged, when he was able to do 

 considerable work in the ring, and walk through to the next town, 

 ten miles. This course was repeated, and at the expiration of about 

 two weeks, he was all right, though in the time driven about one 

 hundred miles. 



' Sprain of the Perforans Tendon, or Navicular- 



Joint Lameness. 

 The symptoms are very fully explained under that head, page 

 432, but I would here state again, that in an acute stage, the, prin- 

 ciple is rest, with hot fomentations or cooling applications ; next 

 aiding mobility of the parts involved to prevent irritation, by the 

 construction of the shoe, etc., as explained in " Shoeing," Figs. 

 562-576. 



Shoulder Lameness. 



' This is not very common, but is liable to happen from the limb 

 slipping sideways while running in a pasture, or slipping accidentally 

 on a wet plank, or ice, etc. 



To guard against error in diagnosing affections of the shoulder, 

 it must borne in mind that all muscular tissue is apt to waste if it is 

 deprived- of its usual amount of exercise, as we frequently see in the 

 shoulder, the shoulder shrinking on one or both sides, while the 

 real seat of the disease is in the feet ; therefore it is very necessary 

 to be able to distinguish shoulder lameness from many other affec- 

 tion with which it is apt to be confounded. Many horse doctors 

 and those about horses are apt to attribute every lameness they do 

 not understand, and whose seat is not self-evident, to an affection 

 of the shoulder. ' j 



We have seldom any recognizable tumefaction, nor much heat, 

 unless it be recent and violent. When the horse has strained the 



