. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 27U 'Ixjc Dmte and J^crismatL Oct 27 Fractures. A break or fracture iu the bone of an ani- mal generally occurs from external violence. When the injured bone is simply cracked or broken through, the fracture is simple; when the bone is bruised, crushed or broken into splinters or fragments, the fracture is com- pound; and when the bone is merely pushed out of its socket, without being cracked or splintered, the injury is a dislocation. When a simple fracture occurs near a joint, it is lia- ble to be mistaken for a dislocation. The chief treatment of a simple fr
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 27U 'Ixjc Dmte and J^crismatL Oct 27 Fractures. A break or fracture iu the bone of an ani- mal generally occurs from external violence. When the injured bone is simply cracked or broken through, the fracture is simple; when the bone is bruised, crushed or broken into splinters or fragments, the fracture is com- pound; and when the bone is merely pushed out of its socket, without being cracked or splintered, the injury is a dislocation. When a simple fracture occurs near a joint, it is lia- ble to be mistaken for a dislocation. The chief treatment of a simple fracture consists iu adjusting the broken parts accu- rately to each other, and fix them in their po- sitions by means of wooden splints and strong bandages. In cases of compound fractures, all loose splinters should be removed, the wound should be cleansed and closed, the main parts of the broken bone should be ad- justed, soothing fomentations should be ap- plied, and the parts supported by soft band- ages till cicatrization be effected. The treat- ment of dislocation, unattended by crack or splinter, is to bring the displaced bone back into its socket, and apply either a plaster or a bandage. The reduction of a fracture in any impor- tant bone of a horse is so very difficult to be effected, so uncertain in its restorative effects, and would be followed by so long a period of inaction, and of feeding, that the owner of such an animal scarcely ever thinks of attempt- ing it, but consigns the animal to destruction. Yet many a fracture which condemns a horse to death, would be cured, and is in any or- dinary circumstances quite capable of both successful and economical treatment. A fracture in the leg of a cow or an ox may be cured in the common way, with the help of keeping the animal cool and quiet. A com- poundly fractured leg in an ox has even been successfully amputated, and a wooden leg put in its place. A fracture in the leg of a sheep may be cured by cutting away the adja-
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