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
Cow’s Milk, 15 ounces.
Casein or Plasmon, 2¼ ”
Cream, 2¼ ”
Water, 5 ”
Mix the casein into a paste with the water, then add the milk, thoroughly
stirring. Put in an enamel saucepan and bring gradually to a boil, and
boil for two minutes. Set aside to cool, and when cold, add the cream,
and well stir again.
For a change, Sanatogen may be given with milk or Spratt’s invalid food.
Cows’ milk diluted with water should never be given as is often done, and
the puppy’s digestion ruined by over-dilating the stomach, for the puppy
has to take such a quantity to get sufficient nourishment, whereas dogs
have only a small stomach and require concentrated food.
Puppies should commence to be weaned when about six weeks old. The bitch
at first should be kept away from her offspring during the day, say for
three or four days; afterwards she should be allowed to visit them night
and morning, say for about an hour each time, so long as there are any
signs of milk being secreted.
To help to disperse the milk, a dose of castor oil, from one teaspoonful
to three[1] tablespoonfuls, may be given the bitch occasionally.
If anything is rubbed on the milk glands, like methylated spirits and
water, or spirits of camphor, etc., it must be carefully washed off
before the bitch is allowed to return to the puppies. If the glands
become hard and knotted they must be kneaded with camphorated oil until
soft, and then the contents drawn off with the fingers or a proper
breast-pump.
For hints how to feed young puppies, _see_ article on FEEDING in the
Appendix.
=Wen=:
_Symptoms_: A small roundish or oval tumour of smooth surface situated
just under the skin, and one that moves freely about, it being
unattached. It is a simple growth and quite painless.
_Treatment_: The only thing to be done in these cases is removal by
operation, which is quite a simple matter, for when the skin covering the
wen is cut through the little tumour is easily squeezed out. The wound
should be afterwards sewed up, some carbolic gauze applied, which should
be kept in its place with a bandage or jacket.
=Wind in the Stomach=:
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