On the other hand, if the animal should be of little value, irritable, advanced in years, and the fracture is a serious compound or Comminuted one, the wiser course would generally be to put the creature out of its misery.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Fractures are divided into four classes-partial, simple, compound, and Comminuted.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The finely Comminuted condition in which the gold occurs in the black sand has been a serious obstacle in the way of its profitable working; but the combined chemical and mechanical processes recently adopted bid fair to prove thoroughly successful.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash