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attempting the treatment. By immovable dressings and antiseptic wash- 
ings, Degive has obtained the recovery of an open fracture of the fore 
arm, complicated with large contused wound, and complete periosteal 
denudation of the broken fragments. In such cases, tepid antiseptic baths. 
sare very advantageous. (See Open Fractures.) 
In young dogs, one meets sometimes with fractures of the inferior 
epiphysis of the radius, badly united. It is generally possible to break up 
again, with the hand, the defective callus. Or, again, the fractured centre 
might be exposed, the callus broken, and the fragments replaced in their 
proper straight line, followed by a new dressing. 
LV.—Cubitus. 
In horses, the cubitus is united to the radius in the greatest part of its 
extent, except at its superior extremity, above the elbow joint which. 
forms the olecranon. Fractures of this bone frequently occur on a level 
with the radio-cubital arch, but they may also take place between the 
beak of the olecranon and the superior extremity of the radius; they are 
transversal or longitudinal. 
When longitudinal or existing at the radio-cubital arch, the pieces of 
bone are kept in contact by the fibrous apparatus which surrounds 
them. In the observations of Mercurin, Gombault, Watrin and Viard, 
no elevation of the olecranon is mentioned. In the case of Mercurin, 
where it was drawn slightly inwards, no contentive bandage was applied;, 
the animal was only placed in slings, and recovered completely. Per- 
naud only used emollient lotions; consolidation took place, but after 
several months the horse was still quite lame. Gombault applied a some- 
what complicated bandage. In his Observation II., he used seven splints. 
secured by bands and a mixture of black pitch and rosin; recovery was 
perfect. A seven-year-old horse (Obs. III.) and a four months colt 
(Obs. IV.) recovered without lameness remaining. Watrin and Viard 
resorted to a bandage with splints, stucked with dextrine and securing: 
the elbow, fore-arm and knee. Delwart is sure that fracture of the ole- 
cranon recovers radically in the majority of cases and advises the following 
treatment: when, by extension of the leg, one has succeeded in reducing 
the fracture by carrying the foot backwards, a quite thick pad of oakum. 
is applied on the inside of the elbow, to support the olecranon on the 
inside and push it outwards; this pad, which has been impregnated with 
resinous mixture, is held in place with immovable bandage described for 
fractures of the scapula and humerus. During treatment, the animal may 
remain free, lie down and get up at will, without any inconvenience.’ 
1 Delwart—Traité de med. Vet., Vol. 1. p. 530. 
