The Dog's Medical Dictionary: An encyclopædia of the diseases, their diagnosis & treatment, and the physical development of the dogSewell, Alfred Joseph
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The Dog's Medical Dictionary: An encyclopædia of the diseases, their diagnosis & treatment, and the physical development of the dog
Sewell, Alfred Joseph
Dogs -- Diseases -- Dictionaries
In treating fractures, it is important to get them set and bandaged
before the parts have had time to swell, otherwise in a few days when the
swelling has disappeared, the bandage will be found loose and perhaps
come off, necessitating resetting and bandaging. When the setting has
been properly carried out, there is no occasion to remove the bandages
in cases of simple fracture, at any rate for a month; but if the splints
have not been properly padded, they may rub the prominent parts of the
joints or bones, causing bad wounds. When such is occurring, the dog
is restless, and shows unmistakable signs of discomfort by constantly
licking the parts; then the splints and bandages must be removed, and
the sores washed and dressed by sprinkling the wound over with powdered
iodoform before applying the splints and bandages again. The wound may
require dressing every other day, or even daily if it is a bad and deep
one; in these cases a pad of some antiseptic gauze, as carbolic gauze,
should be applied.
_Fracture of the Radius and Ulna_: It is very seldom indeed that one of
these bones alone are broken; if one goes, the other does. They form the
arm; that is, the fore leg from elbow to the knee.
_Treatment_: In these cases four padded splints should be applied—one on
each side, and one at the back, and one in front of the leg. The one in
front must be shorter than the side ones, so as not to rub the front of
the elbow joint or the toes, and the one on the inside of the leg should
be slightly shorter than the one on the outside. One, two, or three
six-yard thin bandages must be fairly firmly applied, commencing right
down at the foot and carried up over the elbow joint.
It is a good plan to apply a few strips of Mead’s plaister over the
bandage; it keeps it from slipping.
_Fracture of the Lower Extremity of the Shoulder Bone, and Humerus_:
These fractures in the elbow joint almost always consist of a breaking
off of the inner condyle of the humerus, and as a consequence the limb
becomes shortened.
_Treatment_: These cases cannot be cured, and it is best not to bandage
them; in fact, they are best left to Nature, for whatever is done,
the dog remains always lame, but after a time he adapts himself to
circumstances, and makes good use of the shortened leg.
_Fracture of the Humerus_: This bone may be fractured through the shaft.
_Treatment_: it is a somewhat difficult bone to set, as it is situated
so close to the body that it is not easy to put a bandage round; but a
splint made of poro-plaister may be moulded to the bone, and kept in its
place with one-inch wide strips of Mead’s plaister. They should be cut
about six inches long.
_Fracture of Scapula or Blade Bone_:
_Treatment_: These fractures should be treated by fixing with hot pitch
an oval piece of thin, pliable leather, large enough to just more than
cover over the bone.
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