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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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draught-horses when engaged in moving-heavy loads out of deep holding ground or over slipperysurfaces. In race-horses and hunters it usually occursin the last efforts of a hard finish, or towards the closeof a long run when the muscles are tired, and the ligaments are called uponto bear an undue amount of weight and resist the impulse of velocity. Symptoms.—This accident is indicated liy the appearance of a hotpainful enlargement inniiediately below and behind the knee, accompaniedby considerable lameness, the most prominent feature of which is that thelieel of the foot is not brought to the ground in progression, and the weightof the body is cjuickly transferred to the opposite limb. When standing,the fetlock is maintained in a semi-flexed condition, and such weight as thefoot receives is imposed upon the anterior part. With the effusion andswelling which follows severe sprain to this structure it may be difficultto determine accurately what parts are involved, and to what extent.
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Fig. 366.—The CheckLigament 1, Flexor Pedis Perforatus. 2, Flexor Pedis Perforans. 3, Check Ligament. 4, Sheath. 5, Suspensory Ligament. 6, Extensor Pedis. 7, Flexor Metacarpi Exter. nus. SPKAIX OK STRAIN 295 In slight cases, too, wliere the kinieiiess is not considerable, a ffooddeal of care is needed to discover the seat of trouble. When this is sothe leg should he raised and the canon forcibly extended on the operatorsknee. At the same time the opei-ator must firmly compress the ligamentbetween the Hiigers along its length, noticing while so doing any tender-ness which the animal may display, or any enlargement the part mayshow bv comparison with the opposite ligament. Treatment.—The aperient dose recommended in connection withsprains of other structures is advisable here, and the lines of treatmentin the last article should be followed, with the addition of placing a high-heeled shoe on the foot so that the injured ligament may be relieved fromtraction and put to rest. Care wi

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