114 DISEASES 



Very small toy dogs should have half a pill. Give these twice a 

 day until all the symptoms have disappeared. 



A most excellent wash for the mouth in order to remove the unpleasant 

 smell, is a solution 6f chlorinated soda, diluted with twenty-four to thirty 

 times its volume of water. Wash out the mouth freely with this several 

 times a day. 



The following will harden the gums and assist in bringing them to a 

 healthy state: Take powdered alum, % ounce; simple tincture of myrrh, 1 

 ounce; dissolve the alum in a pint of water and add the tincture of myrrh. 



The ulcers that occur upon the gums should be touched with a 10 per 

 cent solution of nitrate of silver. 



Milk-Glands, Inflammation of the. — See Mammltis. 



Meningitis. — See Brain, Inflammation of the. 



Milk, Absence of. — This trouble Is quite too often met with in bitches, 

 I regret to say. Usually the result of weakness, obesity, or disease of the 

 mammary glands. It sometimes is luckily only temporary, and the secre- 

 tion can be restored with friction to the glands with the hand. The fol- 

 lowing can be given to weakly bitches: 



Tincture cinchonae co 1 ounce 



Liquor cinchonae V 2 dram 



Spirits- of ammonia aromatic % ounce 



Water, to make 6 ounces 



Dose, a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful three times daily, according 

 to size of bitch. 



Maw-AVorms. — See Worms. 



Mammltis, (Inflammation of the Milk-Glands) frequently occurs. Caus- 

 es are, retention of milk, the result of taking away the puppies immediately 

 after born, or too early, or from their death, or cold or injuries. Symp- 

 toms are a redness and tenderness of the parts, the milk is curdled, and 

 often puss or blood accompanies it, the former if abscesses have formed. 

 Very highly important that such cases should be attended to at once. As 

 quick as first symptoms are noticed foment the parts with warm water 

 during the day, being careful to dry well afterward. If caused by the 

 retention of milk by the bitch having lost her puppies, or they were taken 

 away from her, the milk must be drawn away frequently by the hands. ' 

 Where possible, and the bitch will permit, a puppy should be given her. 

 Give her one to two drams of epsom salts with from ten to twenty grains 

 of bicarbonate of soda twice daily in water, until the bowels are well 

 relaxed. By adopting this treatment in the early stages the inflammation 

 will usually subside and the gland regain its normal condition. Pus or 

 matter will accumulate in protracted cases, and abscesses form. The latter 



