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us not at all practicable. Collin, having to treat a saddle mare whoses 
tendons were cut, surrounded the hock with oakum, applied wooden splint, . 
on each side of the hock, and held’ those with bandages. Excoriations 
of the skin demanded the removal of this dressing. The mare recovered 
and four months afterwards it was difficult to see that she had been so 
seriously injured. Gillet has had recourse to a more complicated treat- 
ment. ‘Two flat pieces of wood (splints) were cut to’ fit the lateral faces 
Fig. 67.—Section of the Tendo-Achillis (photograph). 
of the regions extending from the superior parts of the shank to the fetlock 
and then to the ground, and after being well padded were secured on the 
injured leg by three leatherstraps. The animal was kept in slings thirty 
days; after that was turned loose. It was five months before he could 
resume work. While the walking was regular there remained a slight 
lameness in trotting. The apparatus of Relier might be used with ad- 
vantage in such cases. (See Fractures.) 
By careful disinfection and some stitches of suture the adhesive cica- 
trization of the wound is possible, but ordinarily suppuration occurs, 
