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this reason, become familiar with the temperature of his dog in health 

 so that he may be able to at once detect a departure from the normal 

 state. You can feel the pulse inside the knee, but in small doga It ia 

 better to count the heart beats. If you hold the left fore-leg up, with 

 elbow slightly bent, the point of it will indicate the place where the hand 

 should be held flat over it. 



"The temperature is gauged by inserting an ordinary clinical ther- 

 mometer in the rectum for half a minute, or in the mouth between the 

 lip and teeth, although the latter can only be done on a quiet subject. The 

 temperature of the dog normally varies from 100 degrees to 101 Fahren- 

 heit. 



Tetanus. — See Lockjaw. 



Testicles, Enlarged. — When this occurs, acute pain Is in most casea 

 present, while in other cases it seems to cause but little if any inconven- 

 ience. Dogs past the middle age are usually the subjects, and obesity pre- 

 disposes this condition. Dogs which have not been allowed to be bred are 

 also so affected, but it occurs quite often in stud dogs as well, also due to 

 injuries. In treating such cases try to remove the cause if you can so 

 ascertain. If pain is present, hot fomentations should be applied and an 

 aperient given. 



Thorns These are most liable to pierce the pads of the foot (the aole). 



The thorn should be abstracted at once, and if a severe case of inflamma- 

 tion has been caused bathe or poultice the foot. 



Tapeworm. — See Worms. 



Tartar on the Teeth. — See Teeth, Decayed. 



Tears. — See Wounds. 1 



Teeth. — The following article on teeth could not be made plainer than 

 by what Dalziel says: 



"The dog has, when the set is complete, or in kennel parlance, when 

 he 'has a full mouth,' forty-two teeth, made up of twelve inciaora, or cut- 

 ting teeth, four canines or fangs, and twenty-six molars, double, or grind- 

 ing teeth. 



"Some of these constitute what are ordinarily called the milk teeth, 

 and are deciduous; that is to say, they are after a few niontha cast, and 

 give place to permanent ones. 



"The Incisors — six above and six below — form the front teeth; those 

 In the upper jaw are the larger, and both above and below the center teeth 

 are the smaller, the outer or corner cutters the strongest; these appear 

 at the age of from four to five weeks, and give place to the permanent In- 

 cisors at three to four months. 



"The Canines or Fangs also make their appearance when the pup is 

 from four to six weeks old, and these are replaced by the permanent fangs 



