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recover with a considerable enlargement around the seat 

 of the break, which may be afterwardabsorbed in part or 

 in whole, as the bone is consolidated. The same holds 

 good of fractures of other parts when movement is allowed 

 between the divided ends during recovery. 



Slings. For large quadrupeds with broken hmbs sling- 

 ivg is absolutely essential. The simplest mode is the 

 following : — Four strong posts are fixed to the ground and 

 roof, so as to form an oblong, inside which the four feet of 

 the animal may stand. A strong horizontal bar is then 

 fixed to the two posts on each side at such a height as to 

 correspond to the middle of the body. Then the animal 

 being walked into the frame a horizontal bar is fixed be- 

 tween the two front posts so high as to cross the lower 

 part of the neck, and another between the two hind posts 

 at about the height of the stifle. Next a strong sheet 

 (new sail cloth is best) is fixed to the one side bar by 

 beiag wound round and nailed at the outer side, and hav- 

 ing been passed beneath the body, is fixed to the opposite 

 bar in the same way. It must be just sufficiently far back 

 to clear the fore limbs, and just so loose as to allow 

 the patient to stand over it without pressure or chafing, 

 or to settle himself into it at wiU. In the male, care must 

 be taken to have it narrow enough not to cover the 

 sheath. 



It is often necessary to allow an animal to become 

 fatigued by standing for a day or two before being put in 

 a sling, otherwise he may be very irritable at first. Care 

 must be taken not to let him feel the sling beneath him 

 until it is ready to be fixed, as many patients will settle 

 down into it the moment it is felt. 



DISEASES OF THE JOINTS. 

 Here in addition to bone we have gristle, fibrous tissue 

 (capsular and binding Kgaments) and synovial membrane, 

 a thin vascular structure which secretes the albuminous 

 glairy fluid known as joint-oil. 



