96 ON FRACTURES. 



suffocate. I have seen them suffering almost to 

 starvation, and when they have approached the trough, 

 thrust in their jaws, and attempt to eat, but, owing to 

 the intense swelHng, their mouths being gagged wide 

 open, they have been unable to swallow. 



The remedy which I have always pursued, and 

 which I have invariably found to succeed, is, to give 

 several doses of castor oil, if possible, and blister 

 repeatedly with any strong liquid blister ; it is a very 

 difficult thing to get a blister to rise upon the skin of 

 a dog, therefore the application can hardly be mixed 

 too strong. 



ON FRACTURED LIMBS. 



Although the fractured limbs of dogs will recover 

 quicker than those of almost any other animal, and 

 even in some instances without any assistance from 

 even a bandage, upon their recovering, their speed 

 will almost invariably have forsaken them ; I never 

 knew an instance of a fox-hound being able to run 

 wtll up, after meeting with such an accident, 

 excepting Lord Middleton's Conqueror, whose thigh 

 was broken by a kick from a horse. Unless the hound 

 is worth keeping, either as a stallion, or brood bitch, 

 the more merciful way would be to have him imme- 

 diately destroyed. A broken thigh or arm, however, 

 soon unites if a plaster or bandage is carefully placed 

 round it with splints. Let the patient be kept con- 

 tinually muzzled, except when fed, to prevent him 

 gnawing off the bandage. Take some blood from him, 

 and give him several mild doses of physic. 



