ACCIDENTS, ETC. 



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Bandages should be kept scrupulously clean, by vvashnig them once or 

 twice a day and bathing them with recipe No. 9. When the wound is 

 well filled up, apply No 1, with No. 2 occasionally. 

 IV. Dislocations. 

 Cattle are peculiarly liable to dislocation of the patella. It slips off on 

 the outside when the leg is back of a perpendicular position, and the ani- 

 mal IS unable to bring it forward. This is well shown ni the accompany- 



DISLOCATION Or THE PA.TELLA 



ing illustration. 



It IS best reduced by pulling the foot forward Mnth a 

 rope passed around the pastern, and pushmg inwards on the stifle bone 

 (patella), when it will snap in, and locomotion can be resumed at once. 



SIMPLE METHOU OF PREVEKTING A RECURRENCE OF DISLOCATION OF THE PATELLA. 



In the first few instances, the joint is injured, so that considerable 

 swelling takes place and causes great lameness, but after a few disloca- 

 tions it slips in and out easily. 



What to do. — Fasten the leg forward with the rcpe passed around the 

 neck as seen in the annexed cut. Foment the joint with hot water 



