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portant infection and the patient was permitted to be removed, 
after which recovery progressed without incident. 
COMPOUND FRACTURE OF METATARSUS IN A DOG. 
(133) The patient, an adult Collie, had engaged in a fight 
with another dog about three weeks prior to presentation, dur¬ 
ing which compound fractures of the right metatarsals were 
produced at the lower third, probably by a bite. The owner fail¬ 
ing to secure recovery the patient was submitted for exami¬ 
nation, and it was found that the fractured ends of the bones 
moved freely on each other, while they communicated with 
the exterior by two fistulse opening on the median side of 
metatarsus, from which considerable pus was discharging. 
The injured member was fixed by means of plaster of Paris 
bandages, the fistulous openings being marked by a cork, which 
was later cut out and the fistulae dressed with solution of car¬ 
bolic acid, followed by powdered iodoform, the dressing being 
retained by means of a bandage with equitable pressure. The 
dressing was repeated once daily for six days, at which date the 
suppuration had virtually ceased and the patient was discharged, 
with directions for the continuation of the dressing, and re¬ 
covery progressed rapidly without further incident. i 
FEEDING ANIMALS. 
By T. Curtis Michener, V. S., Coemar, Pa. | 
Read at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Association,. ; 
IMarch, 1898. | 
This subject was selected, not that feeding animals is any | 
especial part of the veterinarian’s duties, but quite as important | 
for him to understand as the stockman whom he serves. More | 
than this, his client has the right to expect of him sound 
counsel upon any of the manifold problems that arise in the 
healthful and economical feeding of all animals and poultry. 
His practiced e^-e should be quick to detect any deviation j 
from the perfect thrift that marks the animal when at its best, 
for the purpose for which it is being fed, and be able to pre- 
