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and continued immobilization of the parts, which they require, may bring 
on ankylosis. 
To obviate this inconvenience, Defays has invented a special apparatus 
which has given him very good results, and has the advantage of permit- 
ting motions up to a certain extent, and prevents the possibility of gangrene. 
Like all others, however, the apparatus demands watching.’ 
Some authors prefer to these special apparatuses, fenestrated immovable 
bandages. These are made with starch, plaster or other like substance. 
To resume, in the presence of a section of the flexor tendons of the 
foot one must: (1) Place the animal in a sling or let him loose in a box; 
(2) apply upon the lower regions of the leg a supporting bandage or one 
of the apparatuses above named (shoe of Bouley, orthosome of Brogniez, 
apparatus of Defays), which are used to prevent the dropping of the 
fetlock ; (3) treat the wound with antiseptic dressing or continued irriga- 
tion. 
In the fortunate cases, after thirty or forty days, the tendinous con- 
tinuity is re-established, and the supporting apparatus can be removed. 
To avoid too much straining of the cicatricial tissue, a thick high-heeled’ 
shoe should be put on. Towards the end of the second month the animal 
can resume work. There may remain a little lowering of the fetlock, but 
with the gradual retraction of the tendons, this will soondisappear. With 
small animals, the suture of the tendons would shorten the duration of the 
repairing process. 
Til. 
SUPPURATIVE TENOSITIS—TENDINOUS QUITTOR. 
The inflammation of the tendons—senadinitis, tenositis—is primary or 
secondary, aseptic or infectious. It will be seen further on that with sub- 
cutaneous lesions it has a tendency to resolution, when not kept up or ag- 
gravated by muscular action or tractions made upon the diseased tendon. 
In exposed lesions, on the contrary, the tendinous tissue, inflamed, softened 
and infiltrated with pus, is often affected with partial necrosis, which 
gradually spreads, sloughing being powerless to eliminate the whole of the 
diseased “core” and stop infection. This necrotic inflammation of the 
tendons is frequent on the inferior regions of the legs, where it is still called 
by the old name of “endinous quittor. 
This is the affection described by old hippiatres under the name of 
“nervous quittor.” According to most of them the essential lesion af- 
ected the tendons; according to Lafosse, Vitet and others, it was an in- 
t Defays : Annales de Medec. Vet., 1858, p. 577. 
