26 DISEASES 



great deal of water and drools saliva from the corners of the mouth; 

 tongue is enlarged and thickened. You look into the mouth and find it 

 covered on its sides and under surface with large vesicles of a red or livid 

 color, which may end in irregular and even gangrenous ulcers; the breath 

 is extremely offensive and discharge of salvia very great; dog will not eat 

 and apparently can not swallow, but this is a mistake — he can, but won't, 

 owing to the great soreness of the mouth. If the disease is not checked 

 now it passes on to the bowels and the dog dies with severe bloody dis- 

 charges. 



Treatment. — There is only one that I have ever found necessary, and if 

 you get at the dog promptly before the bowel trouble commences I believe 

 you will affect a cure in every case; at least I have. 



"G-et an ounce of the tincture of sanquinaria canadensis at your drug- 

 gist's and a camel's hair throat pencil or swab on wire. Paint the inside of 

 the mouth and tongue where affected with this, morning and night, and 

 give a tablet of bichloride of mercury, one-hundredth of a grain, three 

 times a day internally. Feed nothing but milk for several days after 

 cure is effected. Buttermilk is one of the finest adjuncts to a cure. You 

 watch the dog closely and don't give him too much water, not until he 

 suffers from the lack of it, but so that he will be thirsty enough to drink the 

 buttermilk when you hand it to him. Have it as cold as possible and give 

 him a soup plate full three times a day; one day sweet milk, the next but- 

 termilk. After he is well, feed him for some time boiled rice and milk and 

 buttermilk and bring him gradually on to his regular feed. 



The above treatment I have found to put the mouth in such shape 

 that the dog will take nourishment after the first twenty-four hours, and 

 after that he will steadily improve, and four or five days sees the mouth 

 entirely healed except that it is still tender to solid food. To a dog the 

 size of a setter or hound you can give as high as a fiftieth of a grain at a 

 dose of the bichloride of mercury; to pups and smaller breeds one-hun- 

 dredth of a grain is enough, and in fact I confine myself to this dose with 

 all. sized dogs under St. Bernards or mastiffs, as it is quite as effective in 

 the smaller dose as in the larger." 



Brain, Inflammation of the (Meningitis). — The meingess, the mem- 

 branes enveloping the brain, are liable to inflammation. Symptoms are 

 great drowsiness, with sudden spasmodic movements of the muscles of the 

 head and chest during sleep. The disease is often produced by fits. In this 

 and other brain troubles there is a disposition to walk in circles, always to 

 one side, and the sight is so affected that the dog runs against obstacles. 

 Treatment by the amateur is of no avail; call in a good veterinarian or 

 your family doctor. 



Blisters — See general remarks under heading of Medical Terms. 



Boils. — This term, being in common use, is well understood. Boils 

 are not very common on the dog; when they appear a poultice of some 

 kind should, if practicable, be kept constantly applied, in order to bring 

 the boil quickly to a head, when it should be opened with a lancet, the 



