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must be so fixed by splints and bandage that no strain is 

 put upon the tendon for some ^veeks, until firm union has 

 taken place. Occasionally, although such cases must be 

 comparatively rare, a ruptured tendon will be met with when 

 there is no external wound of the skin. 



The author had an inteiesting instance of this in a fox-terrier dog 

 whose gastrocnemius tendon was found to be completely divided, without 

 any history whatever of injury. The animal exhibited no sign of pam, but 

 vvallced on its tarsus like a rabbit. Under chloroform and with antiseptic 

 precautions an incision was made through the skin, the divided ends of 



Fig. 233. — Attitude assumed when the Gastrocnemius Tendon is 

 severed.' 



the tendon being scraped, brought into apposition, and sutured with silk- 

 worm gut. .After-treatment was as described above, and the result was 

 a perfect and permanent success.^ 



Foreig-n Bodies in or around the Limbs and Feet. 



It is astonishing what curious foreign bodies are occa- 

 sionally discovered in or around the limbs. Those which 

 are most commonly found embedded in the tissues consist of 



' For this photograph I am indebted to Professor Plosz of the Buda 

 Pesth Veterinary College. 



- Veterinary Record, vol. xii., p. 310 (Brown and Hobday). 



