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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 
specific which we know in such cases is to administer doses 
of castor-oil to the extent of from three quarters of an 
ounce to an ounce and a quarter. Half-an-ounce of harts¬ 
horn, mixed with water, has been also found effectual in 
allaying swelling produced from the bite of the viper. 
FRACTURES. 
When bones get fractured in sheep, if in the limbs, the 
ends of the bones should be placed in contact, and splints 
of wood placed round the part, firmly bound together by 
means of a bandage an inch and a half in breadth ; and 
where this cannot be conveniently procured, broad tape may 
be substituted, which should be replaced as soon as a proper 
bandage can be had. A piece of pasteboard will also 
answer the purpose of splints. The bandage should be 
wound round in a spiral direction. The splints will require 
to be worn for about fourteen days, when they may be 
removed, and the bandage alone worn, until the leg has 
acquired sufficient strength. If the limb swells consider¬ 
ably, the bandage must be slackened, and again tightened 
when the swelling has subsided. If the fracture is com¬ 
pound, that is, in more than one piece, the safest thing is to 
destroy the animal immediately, as there is but little chance 
of a recovery under such circumstances. 
OF BLEEDING. 
The best and easiest mode of bleeding a sheep is to open 
the large vein which passes over the cheek. This vein can 
be readily felt, by pressing the finger on the edge oi the 
lower jaw-bone, where its trunk passes over, and from 
thence its greater branches emanate, and spread over the 
cheek about two inches from the corner or angle of the jaw, 
nearly opposite to the third grinding or molar tooth. When 
