CHAPTER XVIII. 



ACCIDENTS AND OPERATIONS. 



T-RACTURES, 

 DISLOCATIONS, 

 AMPUTATIONS, 

 WOUNDS, 

 .SPRAINS, 



BURNS AND SCALDS, 

 UMBILICAL HERNIA, 

 VENTRAL HERNIA, 

 PEMORAL HERNIA, 

 FISTULA, 

 CYST EXCISION, 

 CHOKING, 

 CESOPHAGOTOMY, 

 LITHOTOMY, 

 URETHRAL OBSTRUC- 

 TION, 



CATHETERISM, 

 VAGINOTOMY, 

 ANTI-CONCEPTION OPERA- 

 TION, 

 SORE FEET, 

 SOFT CORNS, 



OVER-GROWTH OF CLAWS, 

 REMOVAL OF DEW-CLAWS, 

 CROPPING, 

 ROUNDING, 

 TAILING, 

 WORMING, 

 CASTRATION, 

 SPAYING, 

 VACCINATION, 

 CHLOROFORM. 



FRACTURES. 



These are of very common occurrence in the dog. They 

 are divided into compound, comminuted, and simple. 

 Compound, when there is an external wound communi- 

 cating with the fracture ; comminuted, when the bone is 

 broken into numerous fragments ; simple, when the bone is 

 broken only in one place, and without other injury. The 

 lS.tter may be transverse, oblique, or longitudinal. 



In young animals, partial or incomplete fracture, i£., 

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