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skin covering the fracture has not been torn. Let 

 the limb be stretched, and the broken ends of the 

 bone placed very accurately in contact with each 

 other. A piece of stiff leather, of pasteboard, or of 

 thin wood, wrapt in a soft rag, is then to be laid 

 along the limb, so that it may extend an inch or 

 two beyond the contiguous joint. Whichever of 

 these substances be employed, it should be carefully 

 secured in its situation by a bandage of linen, or 

 flannel, an inch and a half broad, and two yards 

 long, or more if necessary. After having been 

 firmly rolled up, it should be passed spirally round 

 the leg, beginning at the foot, and carrying it up to 

 above the end of the splint. The splint should be 

 worn during ten days or a fortnight, and the ban- 

 dage should be continued till the leg has acquired 

 its former strength. When any considerable swell- 

 ing appears, the bandage should be carefully slack- 

 ened, and tightened again when the swelling abates. 

 When a bone is broken in more than one place, all 

 the pieces should be placed in their natural situation 

 and secured, and healed in the same manner. 



16. Bleeding. 



This operation is most conveniently performed on 

 a large vein, whose branches are spread over the face 

 of the sheep. The vein may be felt distinctly com- 

 ing from the branches of the trunk, and passing over 

 the edge of the lower jaw to the cheek, about two 

 inches from the corner or angle of the jaw, or oppo- 

 site to the third of the grinding teeth. When the 

 operation is to be performed, the sheep is to be held 

 between the limbs of the operator, and the croup 

 placed against a wall to prevent the animal from 

 recoiling ; the left hand is to be placed under the 

 head, and the under jaw grasped in such a manner, 

 that the fingers come upon the right side of the 

 jaw, so as to press upon the vein, a little below 



