CHAPTER XVIII. 



ACCIDENTS AND OPEIIATIONS. 



FRACTURES, 



DISLOCATIONS, 



WOUNDS, 



SPRAINS, 



BURNS AND SCALDS, 



UMBILICAL HERNIA, 



CHOKING, 



CESOPHAGOTOMY, 



SORE FEET, 



OVER-GROWTH OF CLAWS, 

 REMOVAL OF DEW-CLAWS, 

 CROPPING, 

 ROUNDING, 



TAILING, 



WORMING, 



CASTRATION, 



SPAYING, 



VACCINATION 



CHLOROFORM. 



FRACTURES. 



These are of very common occurrence in the dog. They are 

 divided into compound, comminuted, and simple. Compound, 

 when there is an external wound communicating with the 

 fracture, comminuted when the bone is broken into numerous 

 fragments, simple when the bone is broken only in one place, 



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Fig. 34- 

 Incomplete Fracturu. 



