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plicated catarrh, these are the prominent manifestations. "When cough, 

 changed respiration, and other symptoms appear, the affection has ex- 

 tended, its identity is lost and immerged into other diseases. 



Treatment. — A simple cold should never be neglected. Uncomplicated, 

 it is self -limited and naturally tends to recovery. The dog should be placed 

 in warm comfortable quarters, and a dose of castor oil or syrup of buck- 

 thorn be given. If much fever is observed obtain the following mixture. — 

 R Tr. Aconiti Rad. gtt.xij 



Spts. iEtheris Nit. § ss 

 • Liq. Amnion. Acet. § iss 

 Ft. Mist. Sig. Dose two teaspoonfuls every three hours in water. 

 At night five grains of Dover's powder should be administered. If the 

 nasal secretion becomes thick, viscid, and not easily expelled, the fluid 

 extract of hamamelis diluted with four parts of water may be injected 

 into the nose. 



Milk and broths for the first day or two will be all and possibly more 

 than the dog will care to eat. Should his appetite not return soon how- 

 ever, scraped raw beef should be given in small quantities, three or four 

 times daily with two grains of quinine in pill form. 



Nasaz <Pozy<pus. 



' Occasionally mucous polypi of the nasal cavity are seen in dogs. These 

 tumors retain the elements of the mucous membranes from which they 

 arise. Certain catarrhal symptoms are associated with their formation, 

 but their presence can rarely be positively determined until they can be 

 plainly seen. They are soft jelly like masses which in time fill up the 

 entire nasal passage, closing the opening. Polypi arise and run their 

 course without pain. 



Treatment. —One author says, " the treatment is simple, and consists 

 in the removal of the polypus, by tying a strong silk thread or piece of 

 fine silver wire round the neck. This must be tightened daily for a few 

 days till the neck is cut through and the tumor drops off." Very excellent 

 advice and apparently a ready solution of the whole matter. But let the 

 operation be undertaken, and the difficulty between theory and practice 

 will be at once appreciable. 



The writer advises when a polypus exists, that its removal be entrusted 

 to a physician, who will in many cases need all his skill and experience 

 in performing the operation. 



