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Temperature often rises two or three degrees. 

 Loss of appetite. In some cases the caecum 

 may be easily felt, and is generally hard and 

 swollen when inflamed. 



Treatment : Rest and free administration of 

 laudanum, from two x to fifteen drops, given in 

 water every four or six hours. 



In cases due to the impaction of some 

 foreign body, as a stone, coin or key, etc., in 

 the caecum, which may easily be detected by 

 means of the Rontgen rays, an operation is 

 necessary. 



The caecum may be removed with a certain 

 amount of safety. 



Appetite, Want of: 



Treatment : When not the result of actual 

 disease, but to want of tone of stomach, often 

 seen in delicate dogs, try following mixture : — 



Recipe : 



Bicarbonate Soda, - 12 grains to 1 drachm. 1 

 Spirits of Nitre, - 1 to 4 drachms. 



Tincture Nux Vomica, 6 minims to \ a drachm. 

 Water to - - - \\ to 6 ounces. 



Dose : One teaspoonful to a tablespoonful x 

 three times a day one hour before food. Try 

 a change of food, as raw meat. For little dogs, 

 grilled chicken's liver or kidneys, with stale 

 bread crumbs ; also stewed rabbit with rice. 



Appetite, Morbid: 



Symptoms: Picking up and eating all kinds 



1 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



