TENOTOMY. 



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Mallenders 



is the name given to a similar affection located at the hack of the 

 knee. The treatment must be the same as for sallenders. 



Saddle and Collar Galls, 



a very common occurrence among horses, are caused by uneven 

 pressure of the saddle or collar ; the skin becomes excoriated, and 

 the hair falls off.. Large inflammatory swellings appear,, which may' 

 form into abscesses, of the skin may become indurated and thick- 

 ened. -'- ■."* . 



Treatment. — The parts should be fomented with warm water, 

 and some simple or cooling lotion applied, as, — 



Acetate of lead 1 oz. 



Water ..;. ..l pt. 



If abscesses form; they must be freely ^opened, and well fomented 



or poulticed. When 

 the skin becomes in- 

 durated, forming what 

 are called sitfasts, they 

 must be dissected out. 

 The following is said 

 to be an excellent 

 healing lotion for sad- 

 dle or collar galls : — 



Figs. 933, 924.— Sitfasts. The Result of Saddle and 

 Collar Galls. 



Sulphate copper. . 1 J oz. 

 Sulphate zinc. . . . . I oz. 

 Sugar of lead ... 1} oz. 



Put in three pints of water. Swab on the parts two or three 

 times a day. ■ Reduces inflammation, and sets up healing granulation 

 of parts. 



Tenotomy. 



As the name indicates, it consists in division of the tenddns in 

 cases of morbid contraction, giving rise to knuckling over the. fet- 

 lock, causing the whole weight to be thrown on the, toe. It is only 

 applicable to cases in which we have no anchylosis of the joints. 



The horse being cast and properly secured, the leg is taken out 

 of the hobbles, and a rope attached to the foot, which is held by as- 

 sistants. A longitudinal incision is made about an inch in length, a 

 little in front of the tendons, and below any point of thickening that 

 may exist. A common small-bladed scalpel, or the curved tenotomy 

 knife, is passed in, care being taken to avoid the artery vein and 



