Splint application: Step 3

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Part three of this step-by-step veterinary pictorial tutorial shows how to use newspaper to make spica, meta and back splints.

Apply brown gauze snugly to bind the newspaper to the limb. It is important that several layers of brown gauze be used to ensure this binding.

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