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and kept on for three days, after which it must be changed daily, 

 the muzzle still being kept on. When the red granulations rise 

 above the level of the skin called then " proud flesh," a piece of 

 bluestone should be rubbed on them daily, or often enough to keep 

 them down to the proper level. When below the level of the skin> 

 they never require caustic of any kind. 



In any cuts about the legs or feet, the parts maybe protected by 

 collodion painted on rapidly with a camel's-hair brush, and allowed 

 to dry ; but a very little friction removes it. Canada balsam, spread 

 on white leather and warmed, will keep its place well enough to 

 bear the rubs of a course in the greyhound, and is, I believe, the 

 best application. A leathern boot may be made to fit the pointer's 

 or setter's foot, or, indeed, that of any dog which requires protec- 

 tion, during work. 



Fractures may recur in any of the bones of the dog, but except 

 ing in the legs or ribs, little relief can be afforded by art. They 

 are detected by the deformity which is seen in the part, an angle 

 being presented in the interval between two joints, when occur- 

 ring in the limb, and a creptus or crackling being heard and felt 

 on handling the part. When the ribs have been broken, the in- 

 jury is easily detected by the depression which is felt, and the 

 grating sound often produced in breathing. In this case a flannel 

 bandage may be bound tightly round the chest. The dog, after 

 being bled, should be kept quiet, and fed on low diet. A horse- 

 girth passed twice or thrice round and buckled answers the pur- 

 pose pretty well, but is not equal to a well-applied bandage. 

 Fractures of the limbs may be set by extending the broken ends, 

 and then carefully applying wooden or gutta percha splints lined 

 with two or three thicknesses of coarse flannel. 



Dislocations occur in the shoulder and elbow very rarely ; in 

 the knee and toes frequently; in the h p very often ; in the stifle 

 occasionally, and in the hock very seldom, except in connection 

 with fracture. In all cases, they are detected by the deformity 

 occurring in any of these joints, which is not capable of restora- 

 tion by gentle handling, and is not accompanied by the crepitus, 

 which marks the fracture. To reduce a dislocation, two persons 



