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11th. Bandage for the Back. — This bandage is composed 

 of a long, square piece, truncated on its two posterior angles, and 

 has six bands, one at each angle. The two in front are tied to- 

 gether after passing around the chest, the middle ones after sur- 

 rounding the abdomen toward the umbilical region and the pos- 

 terior are united after forming a kind of crupper in passing under 

 the tan (Fig. 126). 



12th. Bandage for the Loins and Croup. — This band- 

 age is of a form similar to the preceding, and of sufficient size to 

 cover the croup posteriorly. It is truncated on both posterior 

 angles, and each border, except the anterior, has folds to allow 

 the bands to adapt itself to the rotundity of the region. At each 



Fia. 127.— Bandage for the Loins and Croup. 



angle is a band, the posterior passing around the abdomen, and 

 carried backward and upward to be tied over the loins. The pos- 

 terior then turns from without inwards, over the round of the hip, 

 crossing obHquely the internal face of the thigh forward to the 

 stifle, and passing over the external face of the thigh to the mid- 

 dle bands on a level with the hip-joint, where they are tied. Two 

 extra bands may be attached to the front border and tied to the 

 sm-cingle, if thought necessary, to prevent the bandage from slip- 

 ping backwards. 



13th. Bandage for the Hip (Figs. 128, 129).— This is formed of 

 a piece of cloth the length exceeding the breadth by one-half, or 

 in the proportion of three to two, and so enveloping the hip and 

 part of the croup that the inner border runs along the peri- 

 nseum, and the outer on the external face of the thigh and leg. 



