Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . each turn is made, so as to render it mass of tow soaked in the plaster solution, should be placedso as to fill up the hollow behind the pastern, and should bekept in position by another bandage, over which a thick coatingof plaster should also be applied. After a quarter of an hour, theplaster will become hard and will keep the part in a state of perfectrest. Care should be taken that these bandages are not puton too tightly. Charge composition (p. 48) may replaceplaster of Paris; or we may apply a cotton
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . each turn is made, so as to render it mass of tow soaked in the plaster solution, should be placedso as to fill up the hollow behind the pastern, and should bekept in position by another bandage, over which a thick coatingof plaster should also be applied. After a quarter of an hour, theplaster will become hard and will keep the part in a state of perfectrest. Care should be taken that these bandages are not puton too tightly. Charge composition (p. 48) may replaceplaster of Paris; or we may apply a cotton wadding bandage (). A month after the accident we may stimulate the part once FEACTURE OF THE PELVIC. 305 or twice with biniodide of mercury ointment (1 to 8 of lard orvaseline), so as to hasten the process of union, and to causeabsorption of any excess of ensheathing bony material whichmay have been thrown out. There may be some difficulty in distinguishing between ring-bone and the rouofhness resultinof from this fracture. Posterior iliac spine Anterior iliac spine. Tuberosity ofischium Hip jointFig. 118.—View of pelvis from near side. {After Chanveaii.) Pedal bone.—Cut away the wall over the part, remove alldead tissue, and treat as directed on page 297. Pelvis. ANATOMY.—The pelvis (Figs. 115, 118, and 119), in thehind quarters, corresponds to the two shoulder blades of the fore-hand. The two halves (one on each side) of the pelvis are united Posterior iliac spines V-., Anterior iliac spine
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