SECTION I.. Diseases of the Organs of Locomotion.

DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION.

CHAP. PAGE METHODS OF EXAMINATION 1

I. DISEASES OF BONES 3 GENERAL DISEASES 4 Rachitis 4 Osseous Cachexia 7

LOCAL AFFECTIONS 20 Fractures 20 Fractures of the horns 21 Detachment of the horns 23 Fissuring of the horns 24 Fractures of the horns 25

EXOSTOSES 27 Spavin in the ox 27 Ring-bone 28 Suppurating ostitis 29 Bone tumours 30

II. DISEASES OF THE FOOT 31 Congestion of the Claws 31 Contusions of the sole 31 Laminitis 32 Sand crack 34 Pricks and stabs in shoeing 36 Picked-up nails, etc. (“Gathered nail”) 37 Inflammation of the interdigital space (Condylomata) 38 Canker 40 Grease 41 Panaritium—Felon—Whitlow 41 Foot rot 43

III. DISEASES OF THE SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES AND OF THE ARTICULATIONS 45 I. SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES AND ARTICULATIONS 45 Synovitis 45 Inflammation of the patellar synovial capsule 45 Distension of the synovial capsule of the hock joint 46 Distension of tendon sheaths in the hock region 46 Distension of the synovial capsule of the knee joint 47 Distension of the synovial capsule of the fetlock joint 48 Distension of tendon sheaths 48 Distension of tendon sheaths in the region of the knee 49 Distension of the bursal sheath of the flexor tendons 49 Traumatic synovitis—“Open synovitis” 49 Traumatic tendinous synovitis 50 Traumatic articular synovitis—Traumatic arthritis—“Open arthritis” 51

II. STRAINS OF JOINTS 52 Strain of the shoulder 52 Strain of the knee 53 Strain of the fetlock 54 Strain of the stifle joint 54 Strain of the hock joint 55

III. LUXATION OF JOINTS 56 Luxation of the femur 56 Luxation of the patella 58 Luxation of the femoro-tibial articulation 61 Luxation of the scapulo-humeral joint 63

IV. HYGROMAS 64 Hygroma of the knee 65 Hygroma of the haunch 67 Hygroma of the trochanter of the femur 67 Hygroma of the stifle 67 Hygroma of the point of the hock 68 Hygroma of the point of the sternum 69

IV. DISEASES OF MUSCLES AND TENDONS 70 Rupture of the external ischio-tibial muscle (Biceps femoris) 70 Rupture of the flexor metatarsi 72

PARASITIC DISEASES OF MUSCLES 73 Cysticercus disease of the pig 73 Beef measles 79 Trichiniasis—Trichinosis 84

V. RHEUMATISM 89 Articular rheumatism 89 Muscular rheumatism 92

INFECTIOUS FORMS OF RHEUMATISM OR PSEUDO-RHEUMATISM 94 Infectious rheumatism in young animals 94 Infectious pseudo-rheumatism in adults 99 Scurvy—Scorbutus 104