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rupture, a blistering application is often put the entire length of the tibial 
region. It is rare that permanent difficulties of locomotion would follow. 
Solleysel has said: “Horses are able to perform their work afterwards as 
before; but it takes more than one day.’ Before return to work, it is 
important that both divided ends of the cord shall be strongly united by 
cicatricial tissue. 
We have said that the ordindry termination is complete recovery, yet 
there are cases in which it is not obtained. In an observation of Vatel, 
the rupture, which had taken place at the upper part of the tibia, was fol- 
lowed by an irregular repair in the trauma, with adhesion of the cord to 
the bone of the leg and atrophy of the anterior extensor of the phalanges 
and muscular portion of the flexor; the animal had to be destroyed after 
seven months of treatment, lameness remaining all the time. Bouley has 
met with several failures. In one horse treated by us for a rupture which 
had taken place near the superior insertion of the tendon, there was no 
flexion of the canon, even after four months. This trouble gradually sub- 
sided but did not disappear entirely. These cases are, however, excep- 
tions. in 
Festal has obtained a complete recovery in twenty and thirty days in 
the case of cattle. 
LTT.—Tendon-Achtlles. 
The rupture of this tendon may take place at various points, sometimes 
at the very origin of the tendon. At times it is primary and occurs ona 
sound tendon; at others it is preceded by changes in the tendinous tissue. 
Uhlich has seen it in a horse after influenza. Schrader found in a cow the 
tendon ruptured on both legs. Most commonly it is primary and affects 
but one leg, and is the result of external violence or powerful effort. The 
observation of Vatel refers to a young goat, which, having jumped from a 
third-story window, ruptured the cord of the hock; the two ends were 
four centimeters apart. The leg was kept six weeks in extension by 
splints and bandages, and recovery was perfect. 
For all kinds of valuable animals, treatment may be attempted if the 
lesions are not too serious. With small patients, one may, as Vatel did, 
place the leg in extension and hold it there with bandage. The dressing 
recommended by Detroye for fracture of the calcaneum may be used for 
1 In the case of Schreibler, House Surgeon to the Hospital Department of the 
American Veterinary College, a dog had struck one of the barbs of a wire 
fence and severed the tendon Achilles. The separated ends of the tendon were 
one inch apart. The leg was put in splints and recovery occurred in four 
weeks. —(Amer, Vet. Rev,, vol. 9, page 467, ) 
