which has received such injuries seldom returns to a perfect condition
of efficiency and soundness, and that as a fact a certain absolute
amount of thickening and deformity will remain permanent, even when the
lameness has entirely disappeared.

_Treatment._--The injured member should receive the earliest attention
possible, not only when the inflammatory condition is present, but when
it is subsiding and there is only the thickening of the ligaments, the
tendons, or the sheath.

The most important remedy is rest, and the shoes should always be
removed. During the first three days cold in the form of immersion or
continuous irrigation is indicated. Then warm moisture and continuous
pressure are advised. The latter is best applied by placing two padded
splints about the thickness of the thumb along the two sides of the
tendon and binding them in place with even pressure by bandage. Frequent
bathing with warm soap suds is also beneficial. The absorption of the
exudate may be promoted and the work of restoration effected by
frictions with alcohol, tincture of soap, spirits of camphor, mild
liniments, strong, sweating liniments, and blisters. An excellent
ointment to apply with massage consists of equal parts of blue ointment
and green soap, with double the quantity of vaseline. The action of
blisters in these cases depends chiefly upon the massage used in
applying them and upon the continuous pressure of the swollen skin on
the inflamed tendons. In old cases more beneficial results will follow
line firing. In these cases shoeing is very important. Leave the
quarters long, shorten the toe, give the shoe rolling motion, and either
put short heel calks on the branches or thicken the branches. Although
this line of treatment is efficacious in many cases, there are others in
which the thickening of the tendons refuses to yield and the changed
tissues remain firmly organized, leaving them in the form of a thick
mass resting upon the back part of the cannon bone.

KNUCKLING OF FETLOCK.

As a consequence of the last-mentioned lesion of the tendons, a new
condition presents itself in the articular disposition, constituting the
deformity known as the knuckling fetlock. (See also p. 400.)

By this is meant a deformity of the fetlock joint by which the natural
angle is changed from that which pertains to the healthy articulation.
The first pastern, or suffraginis, loses its oblique direction and
assumes another, which varies f