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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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smallparticles with the pus. Treatment.—Perfect rest is the first requirement in these cases. Anincision should be made through the periosteum as soon as the disease isfound to exist. This will afford an opportunity for the escape of matter asit is formed, and prevent any serious separation of the membrane from thelione by its accumulation beneath it. Where this has already taken placeit is desirable to make a bold opening, and after irrigating the woundfreely with antiseptic solution continue the treatment on the principleslaid down for dealing with wounds on the antiseptic system. It shouldnot be overlooked to remove any dead piece of bone that may exist, assoon as it is sufficiently detached to be taken away. Acute periostitis is only of seldom occurrence, and perhaps the mostcommon examples are those which occur in the lower jaw as the resultof injury inflicted by the bit. Occasionally it is seen in the bones ofthe extremities after severe blows. Vol. n 48 210 HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Chronic Periostitis.—Tliis form of the disease most commonlypresents itself in that affection of the limbs termed sore shins and splints. It may, of course, attack any ofthe bones of the skeleton, but thoseof the legs are by far the most fre-(juently involved. See Sore Shinsand Splints. Acute Ostitis is comparativelyof seldom occurrence in the horse.Why this should be so it is diffi-cult to say precisely, but the absenceof those constitutional conditionswhich favour its production inman is no doubt in some measurea safeguard against it in our equinepatients. The fact that amputationis but seldom resorted to in thehorse may also contribute to renderhim less 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 destr

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