If the expectation raised by the splints of the Horses that, in some ancestor of the Horses, these splints would be found to be complete digits, has been verified, we are furnished with very strong reasons for looking for a no less complete verification of the expectation that the three-toed Plagiolophus-like "avus" of the horse must have had a five-toed "atavus" at some earlier period.

Tom redressed the wounds of the trooper and examined the splints on the arm to make sure they had not become disarranged during the night in the delirium of the sick man.

162.Showing how an Umbrella may be used as a Temporary Splint in Fracture of the Leg.] Never move the injured person until the limb is made safe from further injuries by putting on temporary splints.

During the night, poor foolish Dick had picked off the splints from his leg, and now it was as bad as ever.

"His leg is broken!" He made a splint for the dog, and with Lida helping, they put him to bed in a clothes-basket in my up-stairs kitchen.

It was, perhaps, a little characteristic that Daggett took out his knife, and aided in shaving down these splints to the necessary form and thickness.

Crimson stains and dirt literally covered him; his left leg was bandaged below the knee; his right shoulder was roughly splinted with small twigs and swathed in cloth.