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
_Treatment_: Give fairly large doses of laudanum, say for a fox terrier
puppy two or three months old, five drops every four hours with a
dessertspoonful of water. Give nothing but liquid food as milk or
Benger’s food, or beef tea. If no better in twenty-four hours, the puppy
should be relieved by operation. If the operation is postponed too long,
it is as a rule not successful, but when done during the early stages
there is every chance of effecting a cure, and giving the puppy immediate
relief. Besides, the operation, when done early, is much easier, for
then, as a rule, the intussusception can be reduced by pulling on the
bowel.
After such an operation no food should be given for twenty-four hours;
and then liquids only for a few days.
=Breast, Inflammation of=:
_Symptoms_: Gland is swollen hard, red and very painful. There is a rise
of temperature which shows pus is forming. After two or three days the
swelling becomes softer, points, and breaks and freely discharges.
_Treatment_: Hot poppy-head fomentations, and the application of hot
linseed meal poultices frequently changed. Lance abscess directly soft.
Give aperient medicine. Sometimes it is necessary to remove puppies, when
milk should be drawn off two or three times a day.
=Breathing, Difficulty in Bulldogs=:
Many bulldogs, especially those with a very short face, have a chronic
difficulty in breathing. Each inspiration is performed with an effort;
the sides heaving, and the dog is constantly bringing up quantities of
white frothy mucus, especially when first let out.
In some instances, especially of toy bulldogs, the inspirations are
so difficult that if a dog gets much excited it may fall over partly
asphyxiated. In these cases the heart is always weak.
_Treatment_: The principal thing to do in these cases is to give a diet
composed entirely of raw meat, cut up in small pieces, given three times
a day, so as not to overload the stomach at any time. Also after each
meal give from one[1] to seven drops of tincture nux vomica, according to
the size of the dog, in a little water, immediately after food, or for a
change, from three[1] to six grains of lacto-peptin.
In some cases I have attempted to relieve these distressing symptoms
by an operation, that is by removing the false palate, but it has not
been altogether a success, though I have sometimes thought it has given
some relief. Of course an operation of this kind must be done under the
influence of chloroform.
=Bronchitis=:
_Symptoms_: Severe and frequent coughing, difficult breathing, rattling
of phlegm in windpipe. In bad cases, dog unable to lie down.
_Treatment_: Place in fairly warm room, and keep a kettle going to
moisten air. When breathing very difficult and the throat seems full of
phlegm, give an emetic.
_Recipe_:
Hydrochlorate of Apomorphia, ½ grain.
Water to 1 ounce.
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