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come the seat of a swelling, first localized on the fetlock, then spreading 
to the coronet, and upwards to the knee. After a while, if treatment was 
not applied, the fetlock would drop down, while the locomotion and spe-' 
cial symptoms would be those of ruptured tendons; such as rest on the 
posterior part of the plantar-surface or on the ergot, toe of the foot 
becoming horizontal, and inferior face of the foot perpendicular, to the 
ground. Upon ponies from Anam that were used by French soldiers in 
the extreme East, Ballu and Gillet have observed, on the hind legs 
especially, numerous cases of ruptures of tendons, of the suspensory liga- 
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Fig. 71. Rupture of the tendons of the flexors of the phalanges. (From a 
photograph.) 
ment, and of the sesamoid ligaments; accidents which seemed to have 
been prepared by a “hyperemic” condition of these organs. In these 
cases, however, it is possible that they were only sudden ruptures of sound 
tendons, due to the enormous load carried by these little animals, or rup- 
tures which were also promoted by the formation of their hind quarters, 
and the bad condition of the roads over which they traveled.’ 
1 The trouble is quite common in America and many veterinarians have re- 
corded cases relating to it. Among the many is that of Dr. R. Kay, where the 
perforans tendon and the sesamoid ligaments of three legs of a gelding were 
successively affected.—(Amer, Vet, Rev., vol, 8, page 234,) 
