ACCIDENTS 



Bites 



Wash the wound with a little salt butter and bathe. 

 If a thorn or splinter gets into an animal's foot, extract it 

 with tweezers if possible ; if not, poultice with bread, and 

 bathe the leg in warm water. 



Bruises and Kicks 



Apply a rag steeped in 1 dr. of tincture of arnica in 

 6 oz. of water, which must be repeated at intervals till the 

 soreness has left. Also carbolic and vaseline ointment is 

 a capital healing and cleansing factor. 



Fractures and Dislocations 



Simple fractures may be attended to by the dog's 

 master or mistress if they have the nerve and know how 

 to treat them, but compound fractures a veterinary surgeon 

 should be sent for, or the dog conveyed to one. The first 

 thing necessary is to keep the dog quiet and at rest, and 

 if there be any swelling it must be reduced before the bone 

 can be set, and the best way to reduce it is to apply cold 

 water or ice. But I am not going to describe the process 

 of setting in this book, as there are so many books which 

 explain more fully than I could, as I am thankful to say 

 I have had no experience in breakages, and in any case 

 should send for a vet. Spratt recommends that after the 

 swelling is reduced a bandage must be applied after the 

 fractured bones have been placed opposite to each other, 

 the bandage bound round the limb two or three times from 

 the top to the bottom. The splints are next applied, made 

 of wood an eighth of an inch in thickness, and sufficiently 



