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the nose is kept habitually protruded and the injury 

 treated like a simple wound. It may be needful to use 

 astringent lotions or even to make a counter-opening below 

 to secure a perfect recovery. 



FKACTUBES AT THE BASE OF THE CRANIUM. 



These arc usually due to blows on the poll, the shock 

 being conveyed through the harder structures and ex- 

 pended fatally on the softer bones below. Being in con- 

 tact with the most vital parts of the brain and beyond 

 the reach of surgical interference such fractures are fatal. 



DISLOCATION OF THE LOWER JAW. 



This sometimes occurs in the dog, from opening the 

 jaws too widely in giving pUls, etc. The jaw is sHghtly 

 advanced and held open in spite of aU attempts of the 

 animal to close it. Wrap the thumbs very thickly in 

 cloth, and seizing the lower jaw press it forcioly downward 

 and backward when it wiU shp in with a jerk and the jaws 

 will close firmly. 



OPEN JOINT BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER JAWS. 



A wound exists midway between the eye and the root of 

 the ear, discharging a glairy fluid when the animal chews. 

 Fix the jaws by a bridle with straps drawn tightly around 

 the nose, feed thick gruels and soft mashes only and treat 

 as advised for open joint. 



CANCER (ENCEPHALOID) OF THE ORBIT. 



This occurs in horses and cattle, great, angry, bleeding, 

 fungous growths appearing from the soft and hard struct- 

 ures about the orbit. The only hope Kes in early removal. 



TOOTH-LIKE TUMORS UNDER THE EAR. 



These are manifested by a running sore, just above and 

 behind the joint between the upper and the lower jaw^ 

 \vith a hard object to be felt at the bottom. Their ex- 



