380 FEVERS AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



Calomel, 



Purified opium, of each 1 grain. 

 Powdered root of colchicum, 2 to 3 grains. 

 Syrup, enougii to make a pill. 



This is the dose for au average-sized dog. A hot bath will 

 often be of service, taking care to dry the skin afterwards before 

 the fire. Then follow up with a liberal friction by the aid of the 

 liniment (43). 



Kennel lameness, or chest -founder, shows itself in a stiffness or 

 soreness of the shoulders, so that the dog is unable to gallop freely 

 down hill, and is often reluctant to jump off his bench to the 

 ground, the shock giving pain to the muscles suspending the 

 body to the shoulder-blades, which are affected with rheumatism. 

 It is peculiarly prominent in the kennels of foxhounds, for 

 these dogs, being exposed to wet and cold for hours together and 

 then being sometimes brought home to a damj) lodging-room, 

 contract the disease with great frequency. Pampered house pets 

 are also very liable to chest-founder, over-feeding being quite as 

 likely to produce rheumatism as exposure to cold, and when both 

 are united this state is almost sure to be established. When 

 it becomes chronic there is little or no fever attendaiit on it, nor 

 is there much in the recent state. After it has existed for some 

 months it is generally considered to be incurable, but instances 

 are known in which the stiffness has entirely disappeared. Chesf- 

 founder also arises from a sprain of the muscles suspending the 

 chest between the shoulders. 



The remedies for kennel lameness are nearly the same as for 

 general rheumatism, taking care to remove the cause if it has 



