250 Local Injuries. 
swelling and inflammation. The power of reparation is 
ample in the dog, he is also less liable to systemic dis- 
turbance, and on this account an attempt to restore by 
treatment is always advisable in ordinary cases. 
The ¢veatment of these cases should be entrusted to 
the canine surgeon. 
false union may arise from bones improperly set, 
when the appliances are too slack, or the animal has 
used the limb too soon. In such cases the limb is bent, 
unsightly, and gives rise to lameness. The’common plan 
is to destroy the recent callus by fracture, and reset the 
limb with care, when good results may be obtained. 
Such a severe operation should call for the use of an 
anesthetic as chloroform. 
Lameness arising from various causes is common in 
canine animals. The usual signs consist of inability to 
support the weight of the body without limping, or the 
limb may be carried, and during rest the affected part is 
indicated by the dog as he licks or even bites it. 
Sprain of Muscle is usually denoted by heat, and 
swelling and great tenderness over the seat of injury, the 
limb being carried in a semi-flexed state, and the foot 
near the ground. The severe forms dre attended with 
more or less fever and inaction of the bowels; the 
injured spot is often licked. 
Treatment.—Sprain of muscle usually yields readily to 
absolute rest, and the hot spongio-piline poultice 
frequently renewed to maintain heat. Pain may be 
reduced by adding a drachm of the tincture of belladonna 
or opium to the material after being slightly wrung out. 
The bowels should be moved as directed, and when the 
state of the animal calls for it, give a febrifuge. 
Sprain of tendon may be detected in a somewhat 
similar manner to the above, with the exception of 
the evidence of immediate swelling. Pressure will, as a 
rule, elicit the existence of pain, or, when a joint is 
sprained, flexion and extension will succeed. 
Treaiment.—Cold water applications continually are 
indicated ; or evaporating lotion may be used to saturate 
a thin bandage surrounding the injured part. The 
