"Fibrillary" Quotes from Famous Books
... occasioned by falls. When the weight of the body is suddenly caught by a member in such manner as to forcefully drive the epiphyseal portions of bone into and against the diaphysis, multiple longitudinal fractures occur at the point of least resistance. Parts so affected undergo a fibrillary separation, increasing the transverse diameter of the bone; or if the impact has been sufficiently violent, the ... — Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix |