Fractures] 12<S [Fractures 



cases with straddled legs, and often for a time 

 may not be able to walk at all. There is a 

 good deal of pain on manipulation and swelling 

 of the fractured parts. 



Treatment : The dog for a month or so must 

 be kept very quiet, and a jacket placed on the 

 hinder parts assists in keeping them together. 



In all cases of fracture, it is most important 

 that the dog be kept absolutely quiet for the 

 first three weeks ; if the dog must go out for 

 certain purposes, then he should be carried to 

 a garden and back again. If this is not attended 

 to, the broken bone will not unite, and as a 

 consequence there is what is called a false joint 

 formed — that is, a soft union between the two 

 broken ends of the bone — and as a result the 

 dog is never able to bear weight on the limb, 

 and it is never straight. 



In cases of comminutive fracture, the same 

 treatment is required as for simple fracture, 

 but more time must be given for union to take 

 place. 



Compound Fracture is more difficult to treat 

 as the limb cannot be set up permanently, as 

 it is necessary to dress the wound daily, or at 

 any rate every other day for a time, and this 

 disturbs the leg and interferes with the mending 

 of the bone. Before setting the limb in these 

 cases, the wound must be thoroughly cleaned 

 with some antiseptic solution as Pearson's fluid, 

 one in eighty parts of tepid water, or a solution 

 of chinosol, one grain to the ounce of water. 

 All pieces of exposed loose bone must be 



