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must be eradiated by lancing, and boracic acid lotion or ointment applied 

 to the part nigbt and morning, and to prevent her from licking it she 

 should have a muzzle with a piece of canvas sewn over the front. Where 

 abscesses have formed, patches of the gland will generally become obliter- 

 ated, and of no further use. Mammitis does sometimes assume a chronic 

 form, the glands become enlarged and indurated. 



Milk Fever (Parturient Apoplexy) is uncommon in the bitch. There is 

 clanger of causing it by robbing her of all her puppies, especially if she has 

 plenty of milk, in a case of where she has got out on you and bred by mistake 

 to some common dog. Drown all but one puppy as soon as born, if you don't 

 want to raise them, but leave one to nurse for a week or so. 



The Symptoms are apparent weakness, staggering, quick hard breath- 

 ing, hot dry nose and tongue, the tongue furred; the milk is suppressed, 

 and the bitch shows extreme thirst. 



Treatment — Apply ice to the head, if possible; if not, then cold water 

 often relieves the bowels by clysters. Keep her quiet and as little disturbed 

 as can be, a soft bed provided so the head will be somewhat elevated. This 

 is very important. Also give Glover's and Clayton's Distemper Cure every 

 two or three hours in teaspoonful doses for ordinary sized dogs, for a day 

 ■or two, until she is better, which will allay the fever. The bitch should 

 be milked two or three times a day. If a caked breast appears treat this 

 as prescribed under that heading. In Milk Fever when the bitch is uncon- 

 scious, nourishment, such as brandy and milk, can be given her rectum. 

 The bladder must be emptied by means of the catheter. 



Navel Hernia, or Rupture. — An enlargement of the navel, often met 

 with in puppies, and may be simply an expansion of the same, or cicatrice. 

 Navel hernia is the protrusion of a portion of the intestine — the membra- 

 neous covering of the bowels. It may be caused by extra strain at birth 

 on the umbilical cord, or the tongue of the mother may extend the wound. 

 It is a soft, movable tumor over the navel, varying in size, and most prom- 

 inent when the stomach and bowels are full. I have seen it occur in pup- 

 pies, but so slight that I did not do anything for them, it doing no harm, 

 and only leaving a small lump that was never noticed as they grew up, 

 the hair on the belly hiding it. In treating puppies for it, wait till they are 

 weaned and separated from their mother, or she will, with her tongue, 

 remove or displace the application. Now take the puppy in the morn- 

 ing, before his breakfast, when bowels are empty, lay him on his back on 

 your lap, and place over the enlargement a pad of vulcanized India rubber or 

 cork, tapered, the smaller end being applied on the tumor after it has been 

 pressed in, and the pad secured by strips of white leather smeared with 

 warm pitch plaster, well stuck to the belly so pup can not scratch it off with 

 its feet. A cure can be effected in a few weeks if the pad is kept in place. 



Here is a case that was prescribed for by Dent: 



"My pointer puppy, ten weeks old, strong and healthy, has a rupture 

 right under its belly, near the ribs and about the size of a very large pea. 



