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Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
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r muscles of a more fleshycharacter, it will be remembered that atrophyand not ossification results from injury andsubsecjuent disuse. By some it is affirmed that it is almostinvariably the right shoulder which is affected,and that the trouble is frequently incurred atplough. If that be so an animal once affectedin this manner should not again be employedfor ploughing. Treatment.—The chief aim is to give re-pose to the injured muscle, and for this purpose the patient should beconfined to the stable. At first hot fomentations will be needed toreduce existing inflammation. As soon as the acute lameness has passedaway blistering may be resorted to, and repeated once or twice accordingto the circumstances of the case. After this a turn out on a level pas-ture will prove beneficial. A blister-charge over the injured region is afavourite method of treatment in some districts where experience of theaccident has given opportunities of observation on the different meanswhich may be employed.
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Fig. 365.—The Flexor Brachii(internal aspect) 1, Scapula. 2, Humerus. 3, Radius,4, Ulna. 5, Fle.xor Brachii. 6, Ten-don of origin of Flexor Brachii. 294 HEALTH AND DISEASE SPRAIN OF THE RADIAL OR SUPRA-CARPAL LIGAMENT This accident occurs in resisting over-extension of the superficial fiexormuscle of the fore-limb when undue weight is imposed upon it (fig. 354). Symptoms.—Besides lameness, there is heat, swelling, and tendernessjust above and behind the knee-joint, with more or less inability to ))earweight on the affected limb. In severe cases the leg is advanced some-what stiffly and with as little bending of the knee as possible. Treatment.—In slight cases the frequent a2);)lica-tion to the part of a cooling lotion, consisting of chlorideof ammonium and nitrate of potash dissolved in water,with the addition of spirits of wine and acetic acid,conjoined with rest, may suffice to Ining about a cure.In sprain of a more severe character hot fomentations,followed by counter-irritat

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