. Manual of operative veterinary surgery. Veterinary surgery. 250 OPEBATIONS ON BONES. counter-extension; the maintenance of the coaptation of the seg- ments; the adaptation of the dressing by spHnts, oakum, and agglutinative mixtures; in a word, all the details of treatment may - be here fulfilled with a degree of facility and jjreoision not attain- able in any other part of the organism. An important if not an essential point, however, must be emphasized in regard to the splints. ^Vhether these are of metal, wood, or other material, they should reach from the elbow joint to the ground, and s
. Manual of operative veterinary surgery. Veterinary surgery. 250 OPEBATIONS ON BONES. counter-extension; the maintenance of the coaptation of the seg- ments; the adaptation of the dressing by spHnts, oakum, and agglutinative mixtures; in a word, all the details of treatment may - be here fulfilled with a degree of facility and jjreoision not attain- able in any other part of the organism. An important if not an essential point, however, must be emphasized in regard to the splints. ^Vhether these are of metal, wood, or other material, they should reach from the elbow joint to the ground, and should be placed on the posterior face and on both sides of the leg. This is then to be so confined in a properly construct- ed box as to preclude all possibility of motion, while yet it must sustain a certain portion of the weight of the body. The iron splint rec- ommended by Bourgelat is designed for frac- tures of the forearm, of the knee, and of the cannon bone, and will prove to be an appliance of great value. For small animals our prefer- ence is for an external covering of gutta per- cha, embracing the entire leg. A sheet of this substance of suitable thickness, according to the size of the animal, softened in lukewarm water, is, when sufficiently pliable, molded on the outside of the leg, and when suddenly hardened by the application of cold water forms a comjDlete casing sufficiently rigid to resist all motion. Patients treated in this manner have been able to use the limb freely, without pain, immediately after the application of the dressing. The removal of the splint is easily effected by cutting it away, either whoUy or in sections, after softening it by immersing the leg in a warm bath. Fracture of the Knee.—This accident, happily, is of rare occur- rence, but when it takes place is of a severe character, being of the comminuted kind, and always accompanied by synovitis, with dis- ease of the joint, requiring for treatment therefor, besides the in- dication of pe
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