THE DOG'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY 



Abrasions : 



Symptoms : The outer skin or epidermis is 

 rubbed off, leaving a raw surface. 



Treatment : Clean thoroughly with hot boracic 

 lotion, made by dissolving a teaspoonful of boracic 

 acid in half a pint of hot water ; carefully dry, and 

 apply boracic ointment ; bandage the part, and 

 prevent the dog from licking. 



Abscesses : 



Symptoms : Swellings, the result of the forma- 

 tion of pus — commonly called matter — accom- 

 panied by fever. 



Treatment : Apply hot linseed meal poultices, 

 over which should be placed a piece of oil silk to 

 keep in the heat. Repeat poultices often. When 

 swelling quite soft, it should be freely opened, all 

 matter carefully squeezed out, and the cavity 

 washed out with warm boracic lotion. The wound 

 should afterwards be covered over with a few 

 layers of boracic or carbolic gauze, and a bandage 

 applied. Keep wound open two or three days. 



Acidy, or Gastric Catarrh: 



Symptoms: Great thirst, occasional sickness, 

 loss of condition, and the passing of a quantity of 

 clear-coloured urine. 



Treatment : For few days give following 

 mixture : — 



