224 PRINCIPLES OF VETEEINAET 8UKGEET 



age, with irrigations of antiseptic solutions. Under certain 

 conditions, resection of the tendon, as in nail pricks, with 

 subsequent necrosis of the perforans tendon, is indicated, sav- 

 ing many a horse from certain death, provided it is executed 

 sufficiently early. 



Which is the most satisfactory method to blister a horse's ten- 

 dons for chronic tendinitis ? 

 Clip the hair along the tendon, rub in thoroughly with 

 good pressure for at least five minutes a red iodide of mercury 

 blister in the proportion of 1 : 5, apply over this a layer of 

 absorbent cotton and over this rather loosely a derby bandage. 

 Tie up the horse for 48 hours and leave the cotton dressing 

 undisturbed for 14 days. This method originated in Austria 

 and has given me such excellent results that I but rarely have 

 to line fire a horse with chronically thickened tendons. It is 

 vastly superior to the old method of simply rubbing in the 

 blister, tying up the horse for 48 hours, washing it off and 

 applying lard to the blistered parts, etc. 



What parts of the flexor pedis perforans are subject to tendin- 

 itis ? 



In the heavy draught horse almost invariably the fibrous 

 stay coming from the great posterior ligament of the carpus 

 is involved ; more rarely is the analogous subtarsal ligament 

 of the hindleg diseased. In this instance the perforans tendon 

 itself is but little or not at all involved. On the hindleg, ten- 

 dinitis of the perforans either at the tarsal sheath— that is, 

 right at the hock— or at the sheath just below the sesamoids, 

 this tendon is subject to inflammatory changes. 



In what animal is tendinitis of the flexor pedis perforatus 

 usually seen ? 



Practically only in the saddle horse, simply because this 



