924 CYCLOPEDIA or LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



9B transverse, oblique, "green-stick," simple, compound, comminuted and 

 complex. In transverse fracture, the bone is broken square off; in oblique, 

 it is broken obliquely across; in "green-stick," it is bent and split, but not 

 broken clear off. In simple fractures, only the bone is broken without any 

 complications; in compound, the endo ol the broken bones punch through 

 the flesh, and protrude; in conuninuted, the bone is shattered into many 

 small pieces; in complex, the bone is not only ])roken, ])ut there is serious 

 damage also done to important soft tissues, such as lacerations of blood 

 vessels, nerves, ligaments and other tissues of joints. 



How to know It. — ^The only reliable tests, when there is displacement, 

 is the unnatural position of the parts and the crepitation (grating of one 

 bone upon another) that may be heard when the parts are moved. 



TRANSVERSE AND OBLIQUE FRACTURES OF BONE. 



What to do. — In case of a broken leg (by far the most common frac- 

 ture in cattle), phice the bones in position as nearly as possible, and put 

 on a plaster of Paris bandage, to enclose the leg and maintain the parts 

 in place. In the absence of plaster of Paris, sole leather, softened with 

 water and fitted to the leg may be used ; bind it on with a bandage. Keep 

 the animal as quiet as possible. Compound and complex fractures are 

 generally fatal, on account of the inflammation that follows. 



III. Wounds. 



Wounds on the body may be sewed up with any of the different su- 

 tures described in the Horse department, on page 556. Wounds on the 



MANY-TAILED BANDAGE FOR LARGE LACERATED AND OPEN WOr>n)S. 



legs are best held together with bandages. The many-tailed bandage Is 

 oarticularly haudy to draw the edges together and bold them io place 



