374 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
in the same manner as above described, with one exception. 
The injury had taken place some days previously ; in addition 
to the fracture, there was luxation of the shoulder-joint, 
which caused the limb to spread out laterally at a right angle 
to the shoulder. To maintain it in proper position, I cut 
and applied a kid glove as follows; having removed 
the thumb, second and fourth fingers, and the ends from the 
remaining ones, I inserted both fore-legs through the finger- 
stalls, buttoned the wrist portion over the shoulders and 
- drew it together across the chest by means cf another strip 
sewn on and made to button, This I found admirably 
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FRACTURE OF SCAPULA, WITH BANDAGE APPLIED. 
answered the double purpose of keeping the limb as I wished 
it, and rendering displacement of the shoulder-setting more 
unlikely. 
Within five weeks the support was removed, and I shortly 
after received a letter from Mrs, Boughey, informing me that 
the interesting little patient was able to follow her upstairs 
without difficulty. I have recently seen the animal, which I 
find in no way stunted in growth ; it is perfectly straight on 
its limbs, and with no perceptible thickening, lameness, or 
defect in gait. 
Fracture of the Pelvis.—In a case of this description, little 
