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in cases of paralysis when dogs cannot stand 

 whilst passing a motion. Failing a glycerine 

 suppository, a piece of yellow soap cut the 

 shape of one answers the purpose. 



Enteritis (Inflammation of the Bowels) : 

 Symptoms : Attack often commences with 

 vomiting. There is generally slight rise of 

 temperature and a quickened pulse, pain on 

 pressure of abdomen ; there may be constipation 

 or diarrhoea, but in any case mucus is generally 

 passed with the motion. The dog seems ill, 

 lies about, and is disinclined to move. There 

 is loss of appetite, and the thirst is generally 

 excessive. 



Chronic enteritis is a more common complaint ; 

 there is no temperature as a rule, and the pulse 

 is quiet, though it generally becomes very weak 

 as the disease advances. The appetite is not 

 entirely gone, but is very bad, and what is taken 

 is often vomited, mixed with a quantity of frothy 

 mucus. When the food eaten is solid, and it is 

 not vomited, then it generally passes through 

 the patient in an undigested state with some 

 mucus. The motions are copious and frequent, 

 sometimes there is diarrhoea, at other times the 

 motions are formed and hard. There is pain 

 on pressure of the abdomen, and the coils of 

 intestines may easily be felt as the coats of 

 the bowels are generally much thickened — the 

 result of the chronic inflammation. The patient 

 becomes very anaemic and wasted, the breath 

 is foul, ulcers may form in the mouth, and the 

 tongue is of a rusty red colour. 



