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retaining it in position.by firm pads of tow placed in the 

 hollow in front of the bone and a strong starch or plaster 

 bandage extending from the hoof to beyond the hock. 

 When there is no detachment, soothe the parts till heat 

 and tenderness subside and then blister, allowing a long 

 ])eriod of rest. 



FBACTUEES OF THE OTHER HOCK BONES. 



If these implicate the upper or true hock joint, they are 

 usually beyond remedy, but if the lower flat bones only, 

 they present symptoms like those of bone spavin, and may 

 recover by union of the small bones. 



BONE SPAVIN. 



This consists in disease (inflammation, ulceration, bony 

 deposit,) of the small flat bones in the lower and innesr 



Fig. 70. 



Fig. 70 — Bone Spavin affecting both inner and outer sides of the joint. 



part of the hock joint, often implicating those of the oute r 

 side as well. It may be manifested by local swelling, 

 heat and tenderness, or these may be altogether absent 

 as in cases of ulceration in the centre of the joint between 

 the flat bones — ( Occult Spavin). The swelling, when it does 

 exist, is on the antero-internal aspect of the lower part of 

 the articulation, to be seen by standing about two feet from 

 the fore limb and looking across the front of the joint. 

 It is hard and to be distinguished from the tense, elastic 

 Bwelhng caused by sprain of the inner branch of the 

 flexor tendon, and from the soft distended vein (so- 



