Fractures] * 2 / [Fractures 



— sticks up higher than it did before, and this 

 will be particularly noticed if the injured joint 

 is compared with the corresponding one on the 

 other side. 



Treatment is useless in these cases, for the 

 broken bone will never unite again ; but in 

 time a false joint is formed, and though the 

 limb will for ever afterwards be shorter than 

 its fellow, yet after a time it becomes a, very 

 useful member, and the dog scarcely walks lame 

 at all, except perhaps after some unusual exer- 

 tion, but the muscles never develop to the same 

 extent on the injured side as they do on the 

 sound one. 



In treating small dogs with fracture of the 

 legs, it is very important that the bandages 

 should be as thin and light as possible. In 

 these cases have bandages made of thin muslin 

 or butter cloth about one and a half inches wide 

 and four yards long, which soak in a thick solu- 

 tion of gum acacia. This is put straight on the 

 broken leg after it has been set straight. A 

 good many layers may be put on, and over 

 this four thin unpadded splints are adapted, and 

 then a few layers of ordinary bandage to keep 

 the splints in their place, and they with the 

 outside bandage may be removed in a couple of 

 days, by which time the gum has dried and set 

 firmly. 



Pelvis, Fracture of: Different parts of the 

 pelvis become fractured as the result of accident, 

 generally from a dog being run over. 



Symptoms : The dog goes very lame, in many 



