432 SURGICAL DISEASES. 
the struggles of the dog. Dislocated toes are sometimes reduced 
directly after the accident occurs, but they are very apt to return 
to their deformed condition immediately, and a small splint should 
be bound on at once. In dislocations of the knee, also, a bandage 
should be applied, so as to keep the joint slightly bent and pre- 
vent the foot from being put to the ground. ; 
The operations which are likely to be practised on the dog are 
somewhat numerous, but the only ones fit to be attempted by 
any but the professed veterinarian are bleeding, the insertion of 
a seton, and the closing of wounds by the ligature. 
Bleeding is effected with a common lancet in the neck vein. 
The hair is cut off in a small patch close to the windpipe; then, 
tying a string tightly round the neck, the vein will be felt to 
rise on the side next the head, and then the lancet must be in- 
troduced with some little force, cutting out again so as to make 
the opening large enough inside to allow of the blood escaping. 
When enough blood has been taken the string is taken off, a 
pin is introduced through and across the lips of the wound, and 
some tow or thread wound round the ends; after which the 
point is cut off, and the whole is left for three or four days, when 
the pin may be safely withdrawn, leaving the tow to fall off. If 
the neck is too fat, a vein on the inside of the fore-arm may be 
opened. To insert a seton, all that is necessary is to take any 
large needle with an eye (a seton needle is made on purpose), 
then, lifting up a fold of skin, a knife or lancet is passed through 
it, and on its withdrawal the needle armed with the tape follows, 
after which the two ends of the tape are tied with a common 
‘knot, and in that way it is securely kept in. In bad cases of 
brain mischief, when there is a necessity for immediate relief by 
counter-irritation, a small red-hot poker is passed through the 
opening made by the knife before the introduction of the tape, 
which need not then be covered with blistering ointment, as is 
required in ordinary cases. The closing of wounds and the 
application of thé muzzle have been already described. 
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