DISEASES 8? 



does the parasite in mange. Eberhart's Skin Cure applied twice a day, as 

 in mange, will soon destroy them. 



Haematuria (Bloody Urine). — Dogs have this trouble, being the re- 

 sult of calculi situated in the bladder, kidney or urethra. Irritation and 

 inflammation are caused by these foreign bodies, and also injure the mu- 

 cous membrane, producing abrasions and superficial bleeding, the blood 

 being passed with the urine. A blow across the back may also cause it. 

 Upon pressing the dog's loins pain is evinced, and there is also a certain 

 amount of irritation caused by passing the urine. Blood is sometimes 

 mixed with the latter, or it may be passed independently of it. Give' 10 

 to 60 drops of liquid extract of ergot every four hours, and if the urinary 

 passage is the seat of the injury, inject a weak solution of Condy's Fluid. 

 The food should consist for a time of Bovine or beef tea, with egg and 

 milk to drink. Under no circumstances administer a diuretic. 



Hepatitis (Inflammation of the Liver). — See Jaundice. 



Hernia, Umbilical. — See Navel Hernia. 



Hiccough arises from indigestion, and often annoys house pets that 

 are given improper food, such as sweets, etc. A wineglassful of lime wa- 

 ter in a tumbler of milk to drink, and for a 20 lb. dog 10 grains of bicar- 

 bonate of soda, and 10 drops of sal volatile in a tablespoonful of milk, will 

 usually prove effectual. Another remedy I have used is camplior water 

 (not spirits). Give a 20 to 40 lb. dog a teaspoonful and repeat in five 

 minutes. 



Husk. — Dogs are subject to a dry, husky cough, associated with de- 

 rangement of the stomach, and worms are often the originating cause. 

 The symptoms are dry. hot nose, disagreeable breath, inflamed eye, and 

 increased discharge from nose, with more or less general fever; the dog 

 after coughing retches, bringing up portions of frothy mucus. The treat- 

 ment consists in keeping the dog free from damp and cold,' feeding on 

 warm, easily digested food, and the administration of a dose of salad oil 

 every third morning, and the following two sets of pills, two a day of each, 

 giving alternately: 



Pills for Husky Cough. — Powdered opium, 6 grains; tartarised anti- 

 mony, 1 grain; compound squill pill, 1 dram; mix and divide into twenty- 

 four pills, and give one to a 20 lb. dog twice a day. 



Tonic Stomachic Pills. — Pure Sulphate of iron, 12 grains; dried bicar- 

 bonate of soda, 24 grains; extract of camomile, 24 grains; mix and divide 

 into twelve pills. One of these is a dose for a 20 lb. dog. Not infrequently 

 worms in the stomach will cause husk; if so, a full dose of ipecacuanha wine 

 to cause vomiting should be given. 



As I am writing I have just had such a case of a dry, hard and in- 

 cessant cough in an eight-months-old bull terrier pup, which cough sud- 

 denly appeared without any apparent cause, the dog acting and seeming 

 well, only for this dry, hard cough. She had been fully, as I supposed at 



