Bowels] 2 ° [Bowels 



this has worked off, if pain continues, give 

 following mixture : — 



Recipe : 



Laudanum, - - - i drachm. 



Chloric Ether, - 2 drachms. 



Liquor Bismuth, ... 4 drachms. 

 Water to - - 3 ounces. 



Dose: One x teaspoon ful to a tablespoonful e very- 

 two, three, or four hours until pain relieved. 

 Apply hot salt bags continuously to belly. Later, 

 worms should be removed by suitable remedies. 



Bowels, Intussusception of: 



Symptoms : This is a disease that more often 

 attacks young puppies than adult dogs. It may- 

 be caused by worms ; it also results from eating 

 stones and other hard substances, and may be 

 due to colic as a result of indigestion. The pain 

 is very acute, the dog constantly crying and 

 whining. During the early stages there may be 

 vomiting ; there is also diarrhoea, and the passing 

 of mucus tinged with blood. If the abdomen be 

 manipulated with the fingers, a long hard swelling 

 will be felt, due to one portion of the bowel 

 telescoping into another. 



Treatment : Give fairly large doses of 

 laudanum, say for a fox terrier puppy two or 

 three months old, five drops every four hours 

 with a dessertspoonful of water. Give nothing 

 but liquid food as milk or Benger's food, or beef 

 tea. If no better in twenty-four hours, the puppy 

 should be relieved by operation. If the operation 



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



