Boils] 2 7 [Bowels 



Treatment: Remove the cause. I fan abscess, 

 open freely at once, evacuate contents, and 

 syringe cavity out with solution Condy's Fluid, 

 one teaspoonful to half-pint water. Give large 

 dose salicylate quinine one 1 to ten grains ; repeat 

 in six hours ; give brandy somewhat freely. If 

 patient cold, apply hot-water bottle to back and 

 feet. 



Boils: Small red swellings, which suppurate 

 and break. Situated, as a rule, on inside of 

 thighs, arms, and belly, but may appear all over 

 dog. Sometimes seen in cases of distemper ; 

 also seen in young puppies, especially on inside 

 of thighs and belly, when suffering from worms. 



Treatment: If accompanied by distemper, no 

 special treatment required ; if very painful and 

 sore, anoint with Balsam Peru ointment. When 

 affecting young puppies, give worm medicine ; 

 afterwards small doses of chemical food. 



Bowels, Inflammation of, Colic: 



Symptoms : Pain in abdomen ; patient restless, 

 and, if a puppy, whines and cries ; generally 

 diarrhoea, and quantity mucus passed ; may be 

 constipation ; vomiting a frequent symptom. 

 Seldom a rise of temperature without case very 

 acute, though the pulse is often much quickened. 

 Often caused by worms and indigestion, and 

 may be result of chill. 



Treatment: As a rule, a doze of castor oil, 

 say half a teaspoonful 1 to two or more table- 

 spoonfuls, with from two 1 to fifteen drops of 

 laudanum, is the best treatment at first. After 

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



