A treatise on veterinary medicine.

  • White, James, -1825
Date:
1812-[between 1810 and 1819?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on veterinary medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    more ‘importance from the circumstance, that with— ‘out the greatest care and the most judicious treat- ‘ment, they almost invariably render the horse per- ‘manently lame ;. and sometimes in so considerable ‘a degree, that he becomes nearly, if net entirely ‘useless. ‘Previous, however, to entering:on the consideration of their treatment, it is desirable to give such: an account of the structure of -a joint,.- as ‘may render ‘the directions more imtelligible.. “A joint is formed, generally speaking, by the-ends or heads.of two-or more bones: these ends are eovered ‘by adayer of gtistle, or cartilage, which is» ofa yielding and elastic nature : *this cartilage has- on it’s surface.a firny but thin membrane, which is. eonstantly forming.a slippery fluid, termed synovia, . or joint. oil sit possesses-also-whsorhent vessels, to prevent an undue accumulation of ‘this fluid*. ‘The:ends.of the bones, thus-covered with a smooth: yielding surface, so slippery as-to move upon each. other freely -without suffering from frietion, are then firmly tied together by a strong elastic sub-- * When a joint becomes dropsical, as in bog spavin, it is - either from a loss of power. in the absorbent vessels, or an in- ereased action of the vessels which form the joint oil: per- haps both these causes may.concur-in producing-the disease, . the more,remote cause of which is.generally hard work, that» is, too great or,too long continued motion ofthe joint. The: disease termed wind-galls ‘may be:explained in the: same ways - (See Wind-galls, Appendix.)
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