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
Chinosol, 3 grains.
Water to 6 ounces.
Apply several times a day, letting a little run on the inside of the
lower lids. Iodoform dusted on the inside of the lower lid is also useful.
The edges of the eyelids should be kept smeared with vaseline to prevent
them from sticking together.
=Constipation=:
_Symptoms_: The motions are big, hard, and dry, and difficult to pass;
and instead of having an action at least once a day, the dog may only
have one every two or three days.
_Treatment_: A good deal can be done by diet. Spratt’s biscuits have a
tendency to keep the bowels open and regular; for small dogs the Pet-Dog
biscuits should be given, and for large dogs the big biscuits. They
should be broken up and soaked in some soup, and mixed with a little
meat and some green vegetable added; this makes a very good principal
meal. For a second or evening meal the biscuit may be given dry. For a
change of diet give meat, brown bread, and green vegetables in equal
parts moistened with soup. In obstinate cases some laxative may be
necessary. Milk of sulphur answers very well; from sufficient to cover
a threepenny-piece to half a teaspoonful[1] may be given daily for a
fortnight, or a teaspoonful[1] to two tablespoonfuls of Dinneford’s fluid
magnesia may be given every morning in a little milk. In some cases salad
oil answers best, from half a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful[1] mixed
daily with the food. In chronic cases a course of the following pills is
useful:—
_Recipe_:
Ext. Belladona, 1 to 6 grains.[1]
Powdered Rhubarb, 3 to 18 ”
Reduced Iron, 4 to 24 ”
Powdered Nux Vomica, 1 to 6 ”
Mix.
Divide into 12 pills—one to be given twice a day after food.
=Consumption=:
_Symptoms_: A rare disease in dogs. At first a dry cough, later becoming
looser with expectoration of phlegm; wasting, though appetite may at
first be fairly good; the patient gradually becoming very weak, and
occasionally having diarrhœa. There is always present one or more degrees
of fever, and the temperature is generally higher at night. If the phlegm
be examined with a microscope the tubercle bacilli will be found if it is
a case of consumption. In bad cases there is bleeding from the lungs, the
blood coming as a rule through both nostrils.
_Treatment_: Seldom curable, but the best chances of a recovery are
obtained by letting the dog live out of doors and giving cod-liver oil.
Feed liberally, giving plenty of meat, also fish, milk, raw eggs, and
cream.
The patient should be kept away from other dogs, and certainly should not
be allowed to sleep in a room where there are people.
=Convulsions in Puppies=:
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