Diseases of the Horse's Foot · Chapter 1Diseases
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PREFACE
Stimulated by the reception accorded my 'Common Colics of the Horse,' both in this country and in America, and assured by my publishers that a work on diseases of the foot was needed, I have been led to give to the veterinary profession the present volume.
While keeping the size of the book within reasonable limits, no effort has been spared to render it as complete as possible. This has only been achieved by adding to my own experience a great deal of the work of others. To mention individually those who have given me permission to use their writings would be too long a matter here. In every case, however, where the quotation is of any length, the source of my information is given, either in the text or in an accompanying footnote. A few there are who will, perhaps, find themselves quoted without my having first obtained their permission to do so. They, with the others, will, I am sure, accept my hearty thanks.
The publishers have been generous in the matter of illustrations and diagrams, and although to the older practitioner some of these may appear superfluous, it is hoped they will serve to render the work an acceptable textbook for the student.
H. CAULTON REEKS.
SPALDING, January, 1906.
A. The Bones
B. The Ligaments
C. The Tendons
D. The Arteries
E. The Veins
F. The Nerves
G. The Complementary Apparatus of the Os Pedis
H. The Keratogenous Membrane
I. The Hoof
A. Development of the Hoof
B. Chemical Properties and Histology of Horn
C. Expansion and Contraction of the Hoof
D. The Functions of the Lateral Cartilages
E. Growth of the Hoof
A. Methods of Restraint
B. Instruments required
C. The Application of Dressings
D. Plantar Neurectomy
History of the Operation
Preparation of the Subject
The Operation
After-treatment
E. Median Neurectomy
F. Length of Rest after Neurectomy
G. Sequelæ of Neurectomy
Liability of Pricked Foot going undetected
Loss of Tone in the Non-sensitive Area
Gelatinous Degeneration
Chronic Oedema of the Leg
Persistent Pruritus
Fracture of the Bones
Neuroma
Reunion of the Divided Nerve
The Existence of an Adventitious Nerve-supply
Stumbling
H. Advantages of the Operation
I. The Use of the Horse that has undergone Neurectomy
A. Weak Heels
B. Contracted Foot
(a) Contracted Heels
(b) Local or Coronary Contraction
C. Flat-foot
D. Pumiced-foot, Dropped Sole, or Convex Sole
E. 'Ringed' or 'Ribbed' Hoof
F. The Hoof with Bad Horn
(a) The Brittle Hoof
(b) The Spongy Hoof
G. Club-Foot
H. The Crooked Foot
(a) The Foot with Unequal Sides
(b) The Curved Hoof
A. Sand-crack
Definition
Classification
Causes
Complications
Treatment
Surgical Shoeing for Sand-crack
B. Corns
Definition
Classification
Causes
Pathological Anatomy and Histology
Treatment
Surgical Shoeing for Corn
C. Chronic Bruised Sole
A. Nail-bound
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Treatment
B. Punctured Foot
Definition
Causes
Common Situations of the Wound
Classification
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Complications
Prognosis
Treatment
C. Coronitis (Simple)
1. Acute
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Complications
Prognosis
Treatment
2. Chronic
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Treatment
D. False Quarter
Definition
Causes
Treatment
E. Accidental Tearing off of the Entire Hoof
A. ACUTE
Acute Laminitis
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Pathological Anatomy
Complications
Diagnosis and Prognosis
Treatment
Broad's Treatment for Laminitis
Smith's Operation for Laminitis
B. CHRONIC
1. Chronic Laminitis
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Pathological Anatomy
Treatment
2. Seedy-Toe
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Treatment
3. Keraphyllocele
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Treatment
4. Keratoma
5. Thrush
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Treatment
6. Canker
Definition
Causes, Predisposing and Exciting
Symptoms and Pathological Anatomy
Differential Diagnosis and Prognosis
Treatment
Malcolm's, Lieutenant Rose's, Bermbach's, Hoffmann's and Imminger's Treatment for Canker
7. Specific Coronitis
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Treatment
A. Wounds Of The Cartilages
B. Quittor
Definition
Classification
1. Simple or Cutaneous Quittor
Definition
Causes
Symptoms
Pathological Anatomy
Prognosis
Complications
Treatment, Preventive and Curative
2. Sub-horny Quittor
Definition
Causes
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Complications
Necrosis of the Lateral Cartilage
Pathological Anatomy of the Diseased Cartilage
Necrosis of Tendon and of Ligament
Ossification of the Cartilage
Treatment
Operations for Extirpation of the Cartilage
C. Ossification of the Lateral Cartilages (Side-bones)
Definition
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Causes
Treatment
Smith's Operation for Ossification of the Lateral Cartilages
A. Periostitis and Ostitis
1. Periostitis
(a) Simple Acute Periostitis
(b) Suppurative Periostitis
(c) Osteoplastic Periostitis
2. Ostitis
(a) Rarefying Ostitis
(b) Osteoplastic Ostitis
(c) Caries and Necrosis
Treatment of Periostitis
Recorded Cases of Periostitis
B. Pyramidal Disease, Buttress Foot, or Low Ringbone
Definition
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Pathological Anatomy
Treatment
Recorded Cases of Buttress Foot
C. Fractures of the Bones
1. Fractures of the Os Coronæ
Recorded Cases of Fractures of the Os Coronæ
2. Fractures of the Os Pedis
Recorded Cases of Fractures of the Os Pedis
3. Fractures of the Navicular Bone
Recorded Case of Fracture of the Navicular Bone
Treatment of Fractures of the Bones of the Foot
A. Synovitis
(a) Simple
(1) Acute
(2) Chronic
(b) Purulent or Suppurative
B. Arthritis
(a) Simple or Serous
(b) Acute
(c) Purulent or Suppurative
(d) Anchylosis
C. Navicular Disease
Definition
History
Pathology
Changes in the Bursa
Changes in the Cartilage
Changes in the Tendon
Changes in the Bone
Causes
Heredity
Compression
Concussion
A Weak Navicular Bone
An Irregular Blood-supply to the Bone
Senile Decay
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
D. Dislocations
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