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result of boiling water, are practically as severe 

 as those of fire, for in either case the hair never 

 grows afterwards. 



Treatment: When the skin only is scorched, 

 apply lime water and linseed oil. One 

 part of the former, mixed with two parts of the 

 latter, should be dabbed on two or three times 

 a day. In severe burns the part may be smeared 

 over with boracic ointment, and when the blister 

 has broken the same ointment should be applied 

 on lint, which must be kept in its place with a 

 bandage or coat. Repeat dressing two or three 

 times a day. 



Calculi (Stones in the Kidney): 



Symptoms : Blood, and also in many cases pus, 

 is passed with the urine. The dog at times 

 seems very ill, the temperature may go up to 

 103 or 104. Pain on pressure over the loins, 

 sickness, loss of condition, and great wasting. 

 In severe cases there is collapse, and death 

 follows the result of uraemia poisoning. 



Treatment : Open the bowels freely. Apply 

 hot fomentations or poultices to the loins, and 

 give following medicine : — 



Recipe : 



Bicarbonate of Potash, - - 1 drachm. 



Boro-citrate of Magnesia, - - 1 ounce. 



Mix. 



Give from sufficient to cover a sixpence to a 

 teaspoonful, 1 two or three times a day, mixed with 

 food or milk. 



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



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