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Title: Diseases of the dog and their treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Müller, Georg Alfred, 1851-1923 Glass, Alexander
Subjects: Horses Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alexander Eger
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ercent solution of carbolic acid, or GO per cent, of alcohol, and appl3dng adressing, giving the animal phosphate of lime or phosphoric acid. FRACTURES OF THE BONES 333 In complete fractures we follow the same rules as in the subcutaneousforms—that is to say, we endeavor in one way or another to hold thebroken ends of the bone together while the wound is healing, and at thesame time to dry up the wound with antiseptic applications. This israther difficult to do in the dog, but it may be accomplished by makinga window or hole in the dressing. The wound must first be thoroughlycleansed, dressed antiseptically, and then we apply a plaster dressing,according to the usual method, and place a piece of wadding upon theAvound. When the dressing becomes hardened, we cut a hole over thewound by means of a probe-pointed bistoury, coating the edges of theopening with a small quantity of plaster-of-Paris or collodion in orderto prevent the discharge of pus, etc., from running under the dressing.
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Fig. 108.—Different methods of amputation: a, straight section; b, flap operation; c, method of sewing the wound. The rest of the operation is performed according to the general rulesfollowed in the treatment of wounds. In cases where the fracture isfresh and the wound is very small, we cover it with an antiseptic dressing(for instance, tincture of iodine and several layers of corrosive sublimategauze). Then apply the closed dressing of plaster-of-Paris entirelyover it. If the wound is slight, as a rule you do not have to removethe bandage. Care must be taken, however, to take the temperatureand watch the leg to see if it swells, and if the animal is restless and uneasy.In cases where there is a wound and several broken bones, makmg acompound, comminuted fracture, the patient can only be saved byamputating the leg. Amputation of the leg, as well as exarticulation,has been performed a number of times in the dog, and generally success- 334 DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION fully, t

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