22 DISEASES 



rice, etc., will answer well. The diet must be so varied as to keep the 

 bowels open without the use of medicine." 



When well on the road to health great progress will be accelerated by 

 giving Eberhart's Tonic Pills for twenty to thirty days. They contain no 

 "dope," (unlike many others), make the dog eat, and get him back to 

 health, flesh, and spirits. 



To allay the pain, give 5 gr. to 10 gr. of chloral, with 5 to 30 drops 

 of tincture of opium; also apply hot flannels to the abdomen. 



The following treatise on this trouble was written especially for this 

 book by Dent, and I consider it, also, very valuable: 



"An affection of the small intestines. This disease is of the most 

 dangerous character and unfortunately prevalent. It will carry off a dog 

 in a few hours, and in its treatment there is always danger of its being 

 confounded with common colic, which is, as a rule, not fatal. The diseases 

 can be distinguished from each other as follows: 



Colic comes on quickly and is relieved by rubbing the stomach — the 

 pain is more intense and spasmodic. 



Enteritis comes on more slowly with greater general depression, the 

 pain is continuous and is increased by rubbing the stomach. 



Causes. — The common cause of inflammation of the small intestines 

 is the feeding of an improper diet, the indigestible substances setting up 

 an irritation that inflames the delicate lining of the bowels. Cold, ex- 

 posure, wet, blows, kicks, or anything that will injure the small intestines. 

 The parts affected in this disease are also causes. This disease is also a 

 common complication of distemper. 



Symptoms. — This disease is always ushered in by feverishness, the 

 eyes are red and swollen, nose hot and dry, mouth sticky, the belly is hard, 

 tense and hot to the touch, the patient has frequent shivering fits, and the 

 countenance is most expressive of pain and anxiety. The animal will steal 

 away into some corner and stretch itself out on the floor so as to bring 

 the belly next to the cool floor or ground, and in this way may be relieved, 

 turning his head every few moments and look at its flanks. When stand- 

 ing the tail is tucked between its legs, all four feet are drawn in toward 

 each other, and the back is arched. 



Treatment. — Warm comfortable quarters are of the first importance, 

 and a thick woolen jacket carefully padded and adjusted over the belly, 

 chest and flanks will protect the parts and give relief. In all stages of 

 the disease it is of the utmost importance that the bowels be relieved of 

 their irritating contents. 



Give injections of lukewarm water and castile soap — or thin oatmeal 

 water containing one ounce of glycerine — until the lower bowels are emp- 

 tied. 



Then give a dose of olive oil and castor oil, in equal parts, to which 

 can be added from 10 to 20 drops of laudanum for each ounce of the oils, 

 so as to relieve the pain. 



One ounce of this combination of oils can be given as a dose to a 40-lb. 

 dog. Smaller dogs less in proportion to size. 



