. Manual of operative veterinary surgery. Veterinary surgery. 238 OPEEATIONS ON BONES. of the whole body as much as possible, and especially of the sus- pected region, by placing the patient in slings, in a stall sufficiently narrow to preclude lateral motion, and covering the loins with a thick coat of agglutinative mixture, and wait for developments. Fracture of the Ribs.—The different regions of the chest are not equally exposed to the violence to which fractures of the ribs are due, and they are therefore either more common or more easily discovered during life at some points than at other
. Manual of operative veterinary surgery. Veterinary surgery. 238 OPEEATIONS ON BONES. of the whole body as much as possible, and especially of the sus- pected region, by placing the patient in slings, in a stall sufficiently narrow to preclude lateral motion, and covering the loins with a thick coat of agglutinative mixture, and wait for developments. Fracture of the Ribs.—The different regions of the chest are not equally exposed to the violence to which fractures of the ribs are due, and they are therefore either more common or more easily discovered during life at some points than at others. The more exposed regions are the middle and the posterior, while the front is largely covered and defended by the shoulder. A single rib may be the seat of fracture, or a number may be involved, and there may be injuries on both sides of the chest at the same time. It may take place lengthwise, in any part of the bone, though the middle, being the most exposed, is the most frequently hurt. In- complete fractures are usually lengthwise, involving a portion only of the thickness, or one or other of the surfaces. The complete kind may be either transverse or oblique, and are most commonly. Fig. 263.—United Transversal and Longitudinal Fractures of the Rita. denticulated. The fracture may be comminuted, and a single bone may show one of the complete and one of the incomplete kind at different points. The extent of surface presented by the thoracic region, with its complete exposure at all points, explains the Habihty of the ribs to suffer from all forms of external vio- lence. In many instances fractures of these bones continue undiscov- ered, especially the incomplete variety, without displacement, though the evidences of local pain, a certain amount of swelling and a degree of disturbance of the respiration, if noticed during the examination of a patient, may suggest a suspicion of their ex- istence. Abnormal mobility and crepitation are difficult of de- tection, even when
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