Diabetes] " * [Diarrhoea 



the dog to drink ; for a small dog, say half a tumbler- 

 ful * to a couple of pints for a large dog. Feed 

 on dry food. For medicine, give from half a drop x 

 to two drops of Fowler's solution of arsenic in water 

 three times a day before food. If this does not 

 benefit the case, give from an eighth ! toa grain 

 of powdered opium twice a day in the form of a 

 pill. Treatment is often unsatisfactory. 



Diabetes Mellitus: 



Symptoms: Large quantities of urine con- 

 taining sugar are passed ; great thirst, voracious 

 appetite, and gradual wasting of body. The 

 tongue is dry and parched, and is of a red- 

 brick colour ; coat stares, and the dog looks 

 generally unhealthy. 



Treatment : Food containing sugar or starch 

 must be avoided ; meat given nearly or quite 

 raw is the best diet. As to medicine, though 

 it is practically an incurable disease, codeine 

 does in some cases mitigate the symptoms. 

 Of this medicine, give from a twelfth 1 to half 

 a grain three times a day. After a fortnight 

 or so the dose may be doubled. 



Diarrhoea : 



Symptoms : Frequent watery motions, which 

 may vary in colour — white, slate, brown, black, 

 and sometimes green — accompanied very often 

 by great thirst and loss of appetite. 



Treatment: In most cases a small dose of 



castor oil at the commencement of the attack 



does good, and in many cases effects a cure. 



Should the symptoms continue after the effects 



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



