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SPEAIN OF THI! TLEXOB TENDONS. 



In other cases a sprain occurs at 

 the top of the fetlock, or at the 

 locality indicated by the letter e ; or 

 it may occur to any part of the ten- 

 dons proper between a and e. The 

 symptoms in every case, however — 

 whether the sprain occurs in one part 

 of the tendons or another, are 

 of a very similar character — 

 viz. . stepping upon the toe ; 

 heat, swelling, and tenderness 

 of the tissues injured, and 

 slight improvement in the gait 

 of the animal with exercise. 



Teeatmeitt: — The 

 best remedies and 

 modes of treatment 

 in general, are — Ar- 

 nica, Aconite, Cold 

 "Water Bandages, a 

 High Heeled Shoe, 



Blisters, and Piring. 

 HiflH Heeled 

 Shoe. — As soon as 

 the injury is disco- 

 vered, place a high 

 heeled shoe upon the 

 foot of the affected 

 limb. The shoe alone 

 wUl be more than_ 

 half the cure. It 



Fig. 28. 



a The flexor Tendons are partly drawn away 

 from the limb, to more clearly show the meta- 

 carpal ligament 6. The uses of this ligament 

 are to support and give strength to the flexor 

 tendons. It arises in the fore limbs, just imder 

 the knee, and terminates as shown above. 



c The suspensory ligament ; it is this liga- 

 ment which is ruptured when the horse (what is 

 called) "breaks down." 



e The top of the fetlock joint — a part which 

 is extremely liable to be sprained. 



