DISEASES 103 



there is always the risk of the flow of milk clamming up one or more of the 

 teats and producing tumor. 



"The measure of prevention against lacteal tumors will, from the 

 foregoing remarks, have suggested themselves to the reader. Nature has 

 ordained that the bitch should bring forth young at least once in twelve 

 months, and, though she permits us to take certa'n liberties with her laws, 

 yet if we go beyond a certain limit, disease follows as a punishment; even 

 when we interfere with her prerogative, it must not be by direct contradic- 

 tion, but by diverting her forces into other channels. When we forbid the 

 bitch to breed we put an embargo on certain functions, and the energy 

 that supplies and works these functions we divert by exciting extra secre- 

 tions of the bowels, kidneys, etc.; but the safest, because the most natural, 

 prevention of disease, is to let the bitch breed. 



"When it is desired to 'dry' the bitch, that is, to stop the secretion of 

 milk, it is wrong to give alum and other astringents, and to rub brandy, 

 etc., along the mammae. The object is more surely obtained gradually, 

 and that without the risk of untoward results, by drawing off what m ,- lk 

 there is regularly, giving a spare diet, and a good purge, following this 

 with 2 grains to 3 grains of iodide of potassium, twice a day, and rubbing 

 well with the following liniment: 



L'niment for Drying Bitches. — Iod'de of potassium, 2 drams; soap lini- 

 ment and oil of camphor, of each 2 ounces. 



When a tumor does form, and the bitch is still in milk, draw the milk 

 off twice a day, and in any case, give a brisk purge. Keep her on a spare, 

 and rather dry diet, and to one of 20 lb. weight give twice a day 2 grains 

 of iodide of potassium, in about two tablespoonfuls of water, immediately 

 after feeding, and apply twice Or thrice a day the following ointment to 

 the lumps or swelling i 



pi'ifmeut for Lacteal Tumors: 



Iodide of potassium ,,,,,,,,,,, 1 Arnux 



powdered camphor ,.,,,,,.,... 1 dram 



Strong mercurial ointment ,,,,,,,.,........... V2 ounce 



Spermaceti ointment .,,,...... . 1 oinwn 



Mixed, Rub a little W©il in with gentle friGUct). 



If these means do not prove sufficient for the dispersion of the swell- 

 ing, add to the above ointment 2 scr, of resublimcd iodine dissolved in, a, 

 little spirit of wine. 



When the swelling has gone on so far unheeded that matter is formed, 

 and becomes soft and ripe (which may be told by the fluctuating of the 

 enlargement under pressure of the finders \ there is nothing for it but the 

 lancet, which should be inserted in the soft 1 a. t, and a cut made downwards, 

 to insure perfect drainage. The parts must then be frequently bathed, the 

 matter pressed out, washed with a solution of Condy's FluM, and dressed 

 with Turner's cerate, while the pat ; ent should havo a g^orl ctrcn~ purg*. 

 These growths are often, removed by the knife, and when of. long standing 



