TREATMENT OF THE DOG IN SICKNESS. 131 



Canker of the Ear. 



Internal canker is an inflammation of the lining membrane of 

 the passage to the ear, accompanied sometimes with suppuration, 

 and when of long standing has a most offensive-smelling discharge. 

 A mangy affection of the ear is often confounded with, or supposed 

 to be, an external canker. 



Symptoms. — The ear is very red, inflamed, and heated. The 

 dog continually scratches it, shaking the head as if to remove some- 

 thing from it. After syringing the ear well with warm water and 

 Castile soap, use the following remedy twice daily, holding the 

 dog's head sidewise on the lap and gently pouring a little into the 

 ear. 



Goulard's extract of lead . . . . ^ oz. 

 Glycerin and carbolic acid . . . -^ " 

 Olive-oil 21" 



Shake the bottle veil before using. Relief should follow almost immediately. 



Colds. 



Symptoms. — Chilliness, shivering, languor, dry, hot nose, ac- 

 companied by a thin discharge from the nose. 



i f the patient is not attended to at once the complaint may lead 

 to distemper and fevers. 



Use Fever Mixture, and keep patient warm. 



Colic and Inflammation of the Bowels. 



To discover the difference between colic and inflammation of 

 the bowels, press the hand along the belly, and if the movement 

 gives relief, the probable trouble is colic. If pain attends the pres- 

 sure, it is probably inflammation. In these two cases, my advice 

 is to consult a veterinarian at once. - The symptoms of both affec- 

 tions are evidenced by the dog standing with arched back and feet 

 drawn toward one another, or crouching with belly on the ground. 

 Inflammation is generally of slower development than colic. 



When a dog is affected w^ith colic it is often shown when it is 

 apparently in the best of health and eating well ; it is seized with 

 spasms, causing it to moan and howl. The causes are about iden- 

 tical with inflammation of the bowels. 



As soon as convinced that colic is the cause of the trouble, give 

 at 07ice^ to a dog of, say, 25 pounds, not quite a teaspoonful of the 

 following in three tablespoon fuls of milk or gruel : compound 

 spirits of sulphuric ether (Hoffman's anodyne) and tincture of 



