362 DISEASES OF DOGS: FRACTUUES. 



CHAP. XXI. 



OF FRACTURES. 



The existence of fractures in dogs is generally 

 easily ascertained by the alteration of shape which 

 the limb undergoes, and by the motion of the 

 fractured leg being much impaired. Fractures 

 will require some attention that the bones may 

 unite even, and no deformity in the limb take 

 place, which will readily be accomplished, if the 

 following directions be adhered to. 



Fr^acfure of the Thigh Bone. — When the thigh 

 bone is broken, the first thing to be done will be 

 to procure one or two splints of deal wood, of 

 sufficient length to reach from one joint of the 

 thigh to the other, and rather longer. You must 

 also spread some adhesive plaister on as much 

 leather as will cover the whole outside of the thigh, 

 and part of the inside likewise. Having thus pre- 

 pared things, you should melt some adhesive 

 plaister in a gallipot, or any suitable vessel, and 

 when melted, and not too warm, spread some 

 with a case knife on the outside of the broken 

 thigh, where the splints are to be placed, and an 

 assistant should immediately after apply the splints, 



