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\V. L. WILLIAMS. 
INTERESTING CASES 
FROM THE SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC CLINIC, 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
By W. L. Williams, Prof, of Surgery, etc. 
TREATMENT OF FRACTURES IN BIRDS BY RUBBER ADHESIVE 
PLASTER. 
(962) Patient, a white Leghorn hen, aet. i year, had in some 
unknown manner received a complete simple fracture of the 
metatarsus at the commencement of the lower third. Displace¬ 
ment and mobility were well marked and prohibited the bearing 
of any weight upon the affected member. 
The materials generally applied for the fixation of fractures 
being too bulky and heavy for so small a patient, recourse was 
had to the commercial rubber adhesive plaster. A strip of 
plaster ^ inch wide was gently warmed and applied directly to 
the foot for a sufficient distance on either side of the fracture, in 
the form of a spiral bandage, each turn overlapping the pre¬ 
ceding. 
The plaster secured complete and permanent fixation, was 
easily and quickly applied, highly presentable in appearance, 
and gave the greatest possible comfort and ease of movement to 
the patient. The hen began using the leg naturally after a few 
hours, and although permitted the freedom of the poultry yard 
regardless of moisture, the bandage remained securely in sitn 
until after the fracture had reunited. 
AMPUTATION OF THE POSTERIOR LEG OF A SOW. 
(583) Patient, a sow of common breed, had four weeks previ¬ 
ously given birth to eight pigs, which she was still suckling. 
A few hours before being presented at the clinic she had been 
attacked by a bulldog and the right tarsus severely mangled, 
the bones of the tarsus being separated from each other and 
from the tibia, fibula and metatarsals, the foot being held to the 
leg chiefly by the posterior tendons and ligaments, the wounds 
being thoroughly befouled with dirt. 
