DISEASES OF SYNOVIAL SHEATHS OE TENDONS 231 



What are the symptoms of an acute tendovaginitis f 



Pain on palpation and expressed by lameness with, 

 increased heat, more or less fluctuation and swelling along the 

 sheath. 



Whai course does serous tendovaginitis take ? 



1?he parts either make a recovery by absorption of th.e 

 serous exudate, or when resorption is tardy a condition com- 

 monly termed a gall, or, scientifically speaking, a chronic 

 tendovaginital dropsy, or in very aggravated cases, thickening 

 of the synovial sheath (chronic fibrous tendovaginitis), pro- 

 ducing more or less enlargement, sets in. 



What tendon sheath is preferably involved in chronic fibrous 

 tendovaginitis ? 



The sheath common to the flexor pedis perforans and per- 

 foratus, but right above the fetlock of the hind-legs, although 

 in these cases the tendons themselves are also diseased. 



What is the prognosis of serous tendovaginitis ? 



Thos3 due to simple traumatism are quite favorable, while 

 those due to infectious diseases are less so ; again, those of 

 the flexor tendons are less favorable than those of the extensor 

 tendons. 



Why is the prognosis of tendovaginitis of the flexor tendons 

 less favorable than those of the extensor tendons ? 



Because the sheaths of the extensor tendons are less ex- 

 tensive and when diseased they do not interfere as much with 

 the functions of the leg, as it would be in case the flexor ten- 

 don sheath is diseased. 

 Outline the treatment of acute serous tendovaginitis. 



Absolute rest, Priesnitz fomentations ; while the quickest 

 way out of it is a blister. 



