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young dogs, and are most troublesome conditions to deal with 

 on account of the tendency to relapse after reduction has been 

 effected. The prospects of cure are much better if treatment 

 is adopted immediately after the injury has occurred. 



The principles of Treatment are as follows : Chloroform 

 or some general anaesthetic is of service in severe cases 

 because it relaxes the tissues, and because after reduction it 



Fig. 201. — The same Dog as m Fig. 200, with Leather SpUnts applied. 



is easier to keep the parts in their proper places until external 

 supports are affixed to keep them in position. The patient 

 is placed in a lateral posture on the operating-table, three 

 legs being fixed, and the injured one placed in the most 

 convenient position for the application of traction. An 

 assistant takes a firm hold above the dislocation ; the operator 

 then grips the limb just below the injury with one hand, and 

 employs steady traction in whichever direction he deems 

 necessary to replace the affected parts in their normal situa- 



