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longer flexed on the shank, and remains powerless below it, the phalangeal 
column hangs vertically or in very slight flexion. The foot is raised from 
the ground, like that of the sound leg; at times only, the toe touches the 
ground. The tendon Achilles, no longer subject to the counteraction of the 
flexor muscles, is flabby, shrunk, perhaps bent in two in the middle or 
near its insertion into the os calcis (fig. 70). By carrying the canon bone 
backwards, one may succeed in placing the shank, the hock and meta- 
Fig. 7o.—Rupture of the cord of the flexor-metatarsi. 
(From a photograph. ) 
tarsus on a straight line, which made Louchard say that “it looks like a 
complete luxation of the hock. ” 
When at rest, everything is changed ; no matter how serious were the 
symptoms exhibited while the animal was walking, they have disappeared : 
the leg, which a moment before was powerless, participates now in the 
support with the entire inferior face of the foot. The severe prognosis 
made must be modified. 
When the accident is the result of a blow on the anterior face of the 
