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The application of splints and plaster dressings have also been recom- 
mended after a forced extension of the phalanges on the canon, made 
while the animal was secured in cubital position. Recovery has been 
obtained in several weeks. The dressing has to be changed at various 
times, as the leg resumes its proper function. Tenotomy of one or both 
legs is performed, if the other treatments fail. Generally the section of 
the perforans is sufficient. 
Knuckling of adults is a common complication of tendinitis and of the 
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Fig. 76.—Orthosome of Brogniez (Peuch and Toussaint). 
various affections met with in the inferior regions of the extremities. 
According to the cases, the tendons are simply retracted, or, on the con- 
trary, inflamed and swollen. The fetlock is carried forward so much 
more if the lesion is serious and old. ‘The first indication of a rational 
treatment consists in treating the cause: tendinitis, navicular diseases, 
seams, exostosis, When the retraction is slight —in cases of knuckling of 
