Diseases of the dog and their treatment (1911) (14782610854)

Identifier: diseasesofdogthe00ml (find matches)
Title: Diseases of the dog and their treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Müller, Georg Alfred, 1851-1923 Glass, Alexander
Subjects: Horses Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alexander Eger
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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Where there is no injury to the skin, but a rupture of the tendon, a splint should be put on and the leg held in the normal
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Fig. 116.—Dog with elbow boil (hygroma).
position for at least two weeks. If this is not successful the skin should be opened over the lacerated tendon, the ends freshened by scarification and united by a stitch. This is generally successful.
Hygroma of the Elbow.—Large heavy dogs, particularly mastiffs, St. Bernards and Great Danes, have a habit, when recumbent, of lying on the point of the elbow, causing pressure and a gradual thickening and swelling of the skin and frequently serofibrinous inflammation of the bursa olecrani. This is shown in a round oval protuberance at the elbow, varying in size from a hazel nut to a goose egg. It is generally hot, painful and frequently fluctuating and contains a quantity of serous sometimes serofibrinous fluid (Fig. 116). As it is a great eye-sore, affecting the appearance of the animal and at the same time interfering more or less with the animal when in a recumbent position it generally is emptied by making an incision in a dependant part of the serous sac, and heals very quickly with local treatment. It is apt, however, either to fill up again as soon as the opening closes, or to leave more or less thickening of the skin or a hard fibrinous mass.