luxation
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The cause of the remaining 5% is the luxation of other bones than those of the vertebral column.'
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Where extreme luxation is present in both stifles, the prognosis is unfavorable.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
This operation has been found a corrective in cases of outward luxation as well as those of upward dislocation of the patella when resorted to before the trochleae are worn from frequent luxation.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Cause.—The accident of a luxation is less often encountered in the animal races than in man.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
This type of luxation is rarely observed and is usually due to violent strain and abnormal extension of the stifle joint.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
All dislocations, luxations and subluxations of bones and ligaments should be corrected by expert manipulation.
From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry
It is not surprising, then, to find that the treatment of fractures and luxations is eminently practical, and, indeed, on any subject that he touches he throws practical light.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
Because of the large humeral head articulating as it does with a glenoid cavity, scapulohumeral luxations are very rare in the horse.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
A cataplasm of the juice, with rye meal, is good against luxations and ruptures.
From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
They know that fractures or luxations of the spine are mortal, but not fractures of the skull; and they likewise know, from experience, in what parts of the body wounds prove fatal.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert
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