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SYNOVIAL ENLARGEMENTS. 



enlargement is then a distended condition of the capsular ligament of the 

 fetlock joint. 4. As mentioned by Percivall, in front of the fetlock, but 

 betvyeen the extensor tendon and the skin. 5. Between the sesamoid bones 

 and the- perforans tendon. In this last form, as the distended sac cannot, 

 owing to the pressure of the perforans tendon, bulge backwards; it appears 

 as a puffy swelling at both sides of the back of the fetlock, constituting 

 what -we may term thoroughpin of the fetlock. 



TREATMENT. — Although wiudgalls, when they are soft and 

 cool, are of little consequence ; still, for appearance' sake, and to 

 prevent their furtlier development, massage may be tried with 



Fig. 128. — Position of bog spavin, 

 indicated by dotted line. 



advantage (p. 675) and bandaging with evenly distributed pressure 

 (p. ii), which have a marvellously good effect in reducing them. 

 If this treatment be discontinued, the probability is that the wind- 

 galls will again show as soon as work is recommenced. 



When the appearance of a windgall is accompanied by heat, and 

 especially when there is tenderness and lameness, the enlargement 

 may be regarded as a symptom of sprain to tendon or ligament, or 

 of inflammation of bone from concussion. Here, also, massage 



