Fractures] * 3° [Fractures 



fracture is easily discernible. The bone which I 

 find by experience most liable to this form of 

 fracture is the radius or fore arm. 



Treatment : The same as for cases of simple 

 fracture, and it soon unites, and the leg becomes 

 strong again. 



Broken Back, which occurs sometimes as the 

 result of a dog being run over, the part that 

 generally breaks is across the loins — lumbar 

 vertebrae — well forward close to the dorsal 

 vertebrae. 



Symptoms : Acute pain at the part, some 

 swelling of the soft tissues covering the injured 

 vertebrae, and loss of power and feeling of the 

 parts behind the injury. 



Treatment : Useless ; it is much the best 

 to have the dog at once put out of his 

 misery. 



Fracture of the Cervical Vertebra or Bones 

 of the Neck may occur from a dog being run 

 over across the neck. Death, as a rule, quickly 

 occurs. There is nothing to be done. 



Fracture of Ribs : This is not an uncommon 

 occurrence. 



Symptoms : Pain at the seat of injury, and 

 some local swelling. The fractured rib can 

 easily be felt, and there is some crepitation 

 when manipulated. The broken ends of the 

 rib are inclined to turn inwards. 



Treatment : Place a fairly wide linen bandage, 

 or, what is better still, some wide strips of Mead's 

 adhesive plaister, round the chest. Union, as a 

 rule, of the broken rib soon takes place. 



