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ever, such accidents occur when at a dis- 

 tance from the required aid, you should 

 keep the patient as quiet as possible, and 

 make no attempt to reduce the fracture or 

 dislocation. At once send for the doctor, 

 or, if convenient, carry the patient to him ; 

 always bearing in mind that a few hours' 

 waiting will not cause the animal a tithe of 

 the pain that unskilled attempts to relieve 

 him are sure to do. When any accident 

 occurs of so serious a nature that it is im- 

 possible to save the life of the animal, it is 

 a mercy to him to at once put an end to 

 his suffering by death. This I know, by 

 sad experience, is one of the most painful 

 duties that can well be imagined, and I sin- 

 cerely hope that you may never be called 

 upon to part with your loved companion 

 and friend under any such truly heart-rend- 

 incr conditions. 



For reasons already given, I shall not 

 attempt to describe the symptoms of many 

 obscure and complicated diseases to which 



