DISEASES OF THE TENDONS AND TENDON SHEATHS. 
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the tendon sheaths, like wounds of the joint, require the strictest anti¬ 
septic precautions. In infectious inflammation, the tendon sheath may 
advantageously be washed out with disinfectants. 
Acute aseptic inflammation usually calls for nothing more than 
Fig. 278.—Tendon slieatlis and bursae of the 
hind limb of the horse, seen from without 
(semi - diagrammatic). a, Trochanteric 
bn rsa; b, prepatellar bursa; c, tendon sheath 
of the extensor pedis ; d, bursa calcanea ; e, 
tendon sheath of the flexor pedis perforatus 
tendon ; /, tendon sheath of the peroneus 
tendon. 
Fig. 279.—Tendon sheaths and bursae of 
the hock-joint, seen from within (semi- 
diagrammatic). a, Tendon sheath 
of the flexor accessorius tendon ; b, 
tendon sheath of the flexor pedis 
perforans tendon ; c, bursa of the 
internal division of the flexor meta¬ 
tarsi tendon ; d, bursa calcanea ; e, 
tendon sheath of the flexor pedis 
perforatus on the point of the hock. 
ordinary soothing treatment; but in cases where this proves insufficient, 
'excellent results sometimes follow from freely firing in lines. 
Chronic dropsy of the bursa is also benefited by the cautery. Peuch 
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