COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LOWER JAW. 85 
In about five or six days from the occurrence of the accident 
very considerable tumefaction, subjacent to the fracture, took 
place, and various abscesses formed, giving exit to their offensive 
contents, in which there was no indication of healthy action. 
The peculiar fetor was quite indicative of what was going on, 
namely, exfoliation of bone. Upwards of six weeks had now 
elapsed, and union had not taken place. — Nature , however , was 
busily though silently at work. In a short time the absorbents 
had completed their task, and a considerable portion of bone was 
exfoliated. The pus, becoming laudable, told us that all was going 
on well, and the cure was completed by another set of labourers 
cementing the disunion by the secretion of healthy ossific matter. 
The mouth, which was very offensive, was frequently during 
the day cleansed with an antiseptic, and the ulcers injected 
with the same. 
The constitution during the whole of this time was supported 
with thick oatmeal gruel and bran, which the poor animal 
gratefully received by means of one of the many valuable in- 
ventions of Mr. Read, of Regent Circus. It was conveyed 
from a bucket beneath into the back of the mouth by one of 
Read’s stomach-pumps, the head being carefully raised by means 
of a pulley during this operation. 
Jan. IsL — The patient has been discharged nearly a week, 
quite capable of masticating his food. It will be prudent, of 
course, to allow sufficient time for consolidation before a bit is 
put into the mouth. 
I shall make, Mr. Editor, no apology for thus troubling you, 
feeling assured you will deem the case worthy a nook in your 
Journal. 
It is highly instructive , shewing how much, even under very 
disadvantageous circumstances , Nature can effect , judiciously 
assisted. 
May I beg to express a hope that The Veterinarian will 
not materially suffer, or your interest be affected, by the late 
operation of amputation ? The root may grow the stronger. I 
trust that it will. 
ON BROKEN WIND IN A COW, AND THE 
GENERAL NATURE OF THE DISEASE. 
By Mr. Warne Raddall, Plymouth. 
Having within the last few weeks seen a novel case, and 
one, in fact, whose existence is, I believe, denied by many emi- 
nent practitioners, I beg to send you the following account of it. 
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