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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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s frequently the victim ofthis disease. It is mostly observed in thebones of the extremities, and es-pecially those below the knees andhocks. Sometimes it is localized orconfined to a particular part, or itmay involve a large tract, or eventhe entire bone. The writer hasseen the whole of the os suffraginisor large pastern bone destroyed,and its remains enclosed in a per-forated shell of bony matter, formedaround it by the periosteum (figs..317, 318). It sometimes occurs inthe upper and lower jaw-bones. Causes.—Acute ostitis is theresult of injury infiicted on the boneby external violence, the most severe cases being those in which thebone is penetrated by some sharp instrument, as when the foot bone ispunctured by a nail. The example figured was caused by the foot ofthe horse being brought violently to the ground when attempting to save Fig. 317.—Acute Ostitis 1, Sequestrum or Slough. 2, 2, Cloacae or openingsfor escape of pus and dead bone. 3, 3, New boneenclosing the sequestrum.
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1, Sequestn 3IS. —Acute Ostitis ■ Slough. 2, New bone enclosingsequestrum. DISEASES OF BONES 211 himself in .slipping. The disease may also occur in connection with frac-ture nf the lioiie when the result of extreme violence. Symptoms.—When occurring in the bones of the extremities, it isattended with acute lameness and suffering. The parts around thebone are much swollen, hot and tender, and considerable difficulty maybe experienced in defining the precise stage and nature of the disease.Sooner or later an abscess forms,followed by another and another, fromwhich flows a blood-stained and offen-sive matter. Later the bone begins to crumbleaway, and the debris escapes ingranular particles with the discharge.The tendency in these cases is toblood-poisoning, and the formation ofabscesses in one or another or severalof the internal organs. It is seldomthat the patient recovers from suchan attack so as to be again useful. Chronic Ostitis.—Tliis is the form in which ostitis most fre

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