■^tS THE FARM DOCTOR. 



posing the brain, the animal should be tied so that the nose is 

 kept habitually protruded and the injury treated like a simple 

 wound. It may be needful to use astringent lotions or even to 

 make a counter-opening below to secure a perfect recovery. 



FRACTURES AT THE BASE OF THE CRANIUM. 



These are usually due to blows on the poll, the shock being 

 conveyed through the harder structures and expended fatally 

 on the softer bones below. Being in contact with the most 

 vital parts of the brain and beyond the reach of surgical inter- 

 ference, such fractures are fatal. 



DISLOCATION OF THE LOWER JAW. 



This sometimes occurs in the dog, from opening the jaws too 

 widely in giving pills, etc. The jaw is slightly advanced and 

 held open in spite of all attempts of the animal to close it. 

 Wrap the thumbs very thickly in cloth, and seizing the lower 

 jaw press it forcibly downward and backward, when it will slip 

 in with a jerk and the jaws will close firmly. 



OPEN JOINT BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER JAWS. 



A wound exists midway between the eye and the root of the 

 the ear, discharging a glairy fluid when the animal chews. Fix 

 the jaws by a bridle with straps drawn tightly around the. nose, 

 feed thick gruels and soft mashes only and treat as advised for 

 open joint. 



CANCER (eNCEPHALOID) OF THE ORBIT. 



Ihis occurs in horses and cattle, great, angry, bleeding, 

 fungous growths appearing from the soft and hard structures 

 about the orbit. The only hope lies in early removal, 



TOOlH-LIKE lUMOURS UNDER THE EAR. 



'1 hese are manifested by a running sore, just above and be- 



