TONICS — TOY BULLDOGS 



indications of the nature of the ailment. Thus a hot, dry, 

 and very red tongue is associated with inflammation of 

 the stomach ; a white, dry tongue with poverty of the 

 blood ; a furred, yellowish tongue with liver troubles ; a 

 furred, white one with indigestion ; and a dark-brown, 

 swollen tongue with rabies. Paralysis of the tongue 

 occurs when the muscles become affected, so that the 

 dog is unable to draw it back, and it therefore hangs 

 out of the mouth at one corner, and usually becomes 

 dry and hard. There is no cure for a paralysed tongue, 

 which is usually met with amongst the short-faced varieties 

 of toy dogs. 



Tonics are useful in building up dogs which have got 

 run down through the effects of an illness or constitutional 



weakness. 



Tourniquet. — In cases of severe wounds which cause 

 much bleeding it is sometimes necessary to apply a 

 tourniquet, if the injury is in such a position that one 

 can be used. A tourniquet consists of a bandage, which 

 in cases of emergency may be a pocket-handkerchief, 

 wrapped very tightly either above or below the wound 

 — sometimes it is necessary to fix one in both positions. 

 In cases of an artery being severed it should be above 

 the wound, but when veins are cut it should be below 

 it. (See Arteries f Bleeding y Vei?is.) 



Toy Bulldogs. — The rehabilitation of the toy bulldog 

 in this country has been accomplished within the past 

 few years. Half a century ago and less he was well 

 known in England; but his admirers fell off, and the 

 best specimens found their way to France, where they 

 became great favourites. French breeders, however, began 

 to introduce points of their own, and the result was that un- 

 sightly bat-ears and frog-faces became the fashion amongst 

 them, These hideous properties, however, have now been 



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