CHAPTER XVII. 



SPECIAL mJUEIES OF BONES, JOINTS AND 

 MUSCLES. 



Fracture of the lower jaw. Injuries by bit and curb. Fracture of ths 

 upper jaw; of the bones of the nose; of the frontal bones ; of the crest of 

 the poll ; of the base of the cranium. Dislocation of the lower jaw. Open 

 Joint between upper and lower jaws. Cancer (Encephaloid) of the Orbit, 

 Tooth-like tumors under the ear. Poll Evil. Fistulous Withers. Fract- 

 ured Processes of the neck-bones. Broken neck. Fracture of the Spinous 

 Processes of the back and loins. Sprain of the back or loins. Transverse 

 Fracture of the back or loins. Broken Back. Laceration of the muscles 

 beneath the loins. Fracture of the croup. Injuries to the bones of the tail. 

 Fractured Ribs. Wounds penetrating the chest. Shoulder lameness. Tu- 

 mors on the shoulder. Sprain of the Coraco-radial tendon. Shoulder- 

 sprain. Sprain of the muscles outside the shoulder-blade. Disease of the 

 shoulder-joint. Other affections of the shoulder. Affections of the elbow 

 and arm. Tumors on the point of the elbow. Wounds of the elbow. 

 Fracture of the point of the elbow. Disease of the elbow-joint. Fracture 

 of the arm bone. Fracture of the fore-arm. Sprain of the radial ligament. 

 Sprain of the back tendons behind the knee. Thorough-pin of the knee. 

 Synovial swellings in front of the knee. Inflammation of the knee. Dislo- 

 cation of the knee. Wounds of the knee. Speedy cut. Broken knees. 

 Splints. Sore shiivs. Fracture of the splint bones; of the shank-bone. 

 Sprains of the back tendons ; of the suspensory ligaments. Wind-galls. 

 Sesamoiditis. Sprain of the inferior sesamoid ligaments. Elastic swellings 

 in fiont of the fetlock. Cutting. Bruises on the fetlock. Fracture of the 

 pastern bones. Bony growths on the pastern bones. Ringbones. Sprain 

 of the flexor tendons behind the pastern. Fractures of the hip-bones ; of 

 the outer angle ; of the inner angle ; of the point of the hip ; through the 

 shaft of the bone; into the joint. Sprain of the hip. Displacement of the 

 Abductor Femoris. Disease of the hip-joint. Dislocation of the hip. Fract- 

 ure of the thigh-bone ; the neck ; the sHaft ; the lower end. Fracture of 

 the knee-cap. Dislocation of the knee-cap, stifled. Disease of the stifle. 

 Fracture of the leg between the stifle and hock ; Tibia ; Fibula. Sprain or 

 laceration of the muscle which bends the hock. Sprain of the hamstring. 

 Rupture of the hamstring. Capped hock. Displacement of *he tendon 



