SPRAINS OF TENDONS.—NERF-FERURE.—-TENOSITIS. 315 
The operation is made on the inner side of the leg, a hand’s-breadth 
above the point of the hock. The horse laid on the lame leg, the super- 
ficial leg is secured on the corresponding fore leg, and the region to be 
operated is thus exposed. On the selected place the great sciatic is 
situated almost immediately under the tibial aponeurosis (fig. 74). The 
skin shaved and disinfected, make, 3 centimeters in front of the tendo 
Achillis, an incision 4 or 5 centimeters long, parallel to it. If there is 
hemorrhage, stop it as usual. Divide the tibial aponeurosis in the same 
direction and with the same length. Mller recommends to excise a 
Fig. 75.—Colt affected with knuckling on both fore legs (Moller). 
semi-elliptic piece of the aponeurosis on each lip of the wound. To ex- 
pose the sciatic nerve, it is good to use the groove director ; once isolated, 
a piece of the nerve (2 centimeters) is inserted with the same care as 
for the neurotomy of the median. The hemorrhage stopped, the wound 
is washed and closed by two stitches of suture. 
The cares required are those of all superficial wounds of operation : 
antiseptic lotions twice a day, vaseline or antiseptic powder ; gicalelizahion 
js complete in two weeks. Benjamin has observed after this operation 
