ACCIDENTS AND OPERATIONS. 3ST 



location, the treatment is doubly difficult, as the dislocation 

 must first be reduced ; this, under the circumstances, is no easy 

 task, and then the fracture is to be attended to. Occasionally 

 it is necessary to have recourse to the latter first, in order to 

 permit the extension required to reduce the dislocation ; after 

 which it is generally advisable to reset the fracture, owing 

 to the unavoidable displacement consequent on the opera- 

 tion. 



DISLOCATIONS. 



Dislocation, luxation, or the displacement of a joint without 

 fracture, is very commonly seen in canine practice. 



The dislocations usually met with are in the shoulder, elbow, 

 knee, hip, stifle, hock, toes. 



Predisposing Ca«j«.— Congenital deformity, elongation of 



Fig. 38. 

 Dislocation of Shoulder -Joint. 



