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and then the leather plaister, previously made 

 warm. A cotton roller should be carried regularly 

 around the limb over these, but it should not be 

 applied too tightly, in order that room may remain 

 for tension or svi^elling, which always comes on 

 soon after the accident ; if this is not attended to, 

 mortification of the part may be the consequence. 



Fracture of the fore or hind Legs. — In case 

 the fore or hind legs are broken, they will require 

 exactly the same treatment as when the thigh 

 bone is broken, except that in these fractures three 

 or four small splints will be requisite, and these 

 must be applied around the limb. 



If the fractured legs of dogs are not properly 

 set, and the ends of the bone not kept directly in 

 apposition, it not unfrequently occurs that a sub- 

 stance, similar to gristle, of an elastic nature, will 

 form the union between the bones. 



When this is the case, pass a seton through the 

 gristly part, and let it remain for eight or ten 

 days, and then withdraw it, and apply splints, &c. 

 again as just directed for fractures, and the dog 

 may in these instances be permitted to walk now 

 and then in this state. 



