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danger of rupturing the gullet,, which, is fatal. If the obstruction cannot 

 be removed by the probang, then the only thing remaining is to feed 

 the patient on liquid food until such time as the sharp points of the bone 

 become dissolved and rounded off, so that it will be easily pushed along 

 by the probang." _ 



CHLOROFORMING DOGS FOR AN OPERATION. 



If it is really necessary to do this, then have a careful anethetist who 

 understands his subject, do the work. A quarter of an hour is long enough 

 for a dog to be kept under the influence, and should be ample time for any 

 operation. Chloroform is dangerous, at best, with any dogs, and with some 

 breeds, Chow Chows for instance, it is sure to mean a dead dog. Anyone 

 who has had experience in the destruction of dogs with chloroform, knows 

 how quickly they succumb to it. Ether is a safer anesthetic, which can 

 be used with as much success and far less risk. 



If an anesthetic has to be given, ask the operating surgeon to use 

 ether. The bet way to give an anesthetic: put on a wire cage muzzle, 

 having first secured dog so he cannot struggle. Around the muzzle an 

 ordinary piece of surgeon's list can be placed, and on this the anesthetic. 



For many minor operations, liquid cocaine can be used instead, the 

 dog strapped down, and his owner also hold and control his dog. I have 

 done this without the strapping even, talked to the dog, he understood me, 

 and stood the pain. This was the removal of a cyst on a Pug dog, behind 

 his ear, the size of a lemon. Cocaine was used. 



Coryza. — See Catarrh. 



Costiveness. — See Constipation. 



Caked Breast. — This is generally caused by milk fever, a too plentiful 

 supply of milk which is not nursed sufficiently from the dam by a small 

 litter, or will happen in cases of the bitch loosing her puppies. She must 

 be milked three times daily by hand (this done gently on teats that are 

 hard and caked) for a few days, gradually getting down to twice, and then 

 once a day, stopping as the flow of milk gets less. 



Also use quite often, every two hours or so, camphorated oil or gum 

 camphor and lard melted together (which should be kept in a corked 

 jar), rubbing this in well on all the teats. This will dry up the milk, 

 soften up the caked breasts and dry up the hanging down bag as well, 

 making the bitch more sightly looking. A solution of camphor, tannin 

 and glycerine, which any druggist can put up for you, is the very best 

 thing to use alone for drying up the bags of a bitch after she has weaned 

 her puppies. 



Dent prescribed for following case: 



"My English setter bitch, six years old, whelped and had a caked 

 udder but seemed to get over it. Now one of the front teats shows a 

 lump or cake as large as an English walnut. What treatment do you 



