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the deepest part of the wound, or a *tliin pad is placed between 
the two parts, sufficient to represent about the natural form of 
the part, being enough, however, to prevent the immediate re¬ 
union from taking place. 
A light thin shoe having been prepared, adapted to assist the 
application of the dressing and its holding properly, it is put on 
with one of its branches cut off short on the side where the 
operation has been performed, while the other branch projects 
backwards beyond the heel, to support the rollers of the bandage 
of the dressing. Desplas lufd thought to turn up that long 
branch of the shoe in the shape of a hook to assist in holding 
the dressings. This is generally useless. Some veterinarians 
prefer to leave the animal unshod, but in that case, the band¬ 
age is more likely to slip off. The shoe must be put on while 
the animal is down, and before the application of the dressing. 
With some practitioners, that is the moment for the removal of 
the tourniquet or cord, which had been applied at the beginning 
of the operation in order to prevent the bleeding. This is an 
unnecessary precaution, and only renders the application of the 
dressing more difficult. First, balls of oakum are placed over the 
coronary band, then, upon the points of union of the preserved 
wall and of the podophylions tissue, and then all over the wound. 
We must endeavor, as Renault says, to give the dressing a cylin¬ 
drical form, or rather, according to Roy, hemispherical, after 
which the whole is covered with pads and rollers. These must 
be put on in abundance, the rollers passing above the branch of 
the shoe on the sound side, and running successively from above 
downwards, and generally from before backwards. Flat feet 
require special care in dressing, and the fore-feet are generally 
more difficult to dress than the hinder. When all is finished, the 
animal has to be watched for several days. Ordinarily, after the 
operation, there is abundant hemorrhage, occurring within some 
fifteen minutes, and oozing through the dressings. This requires 
no special attention, and generally ceases spontaneously, or by 
the pressure of the dressing, or by the use of the cold bath. If 
the dressing seems to be too tight, and the animal shows signs of 
acute pain, with strong reactive fever, it is not therefore ncces- 
