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there is always a danger of causing collapse by 

 inducing heart failure. Either of these medicines 

 may be repeated every four hours, but if after 

 twenty-four hours the temperature still keeps 

 more than two degrees above normal, then 

 salicylate of quinine should be tried : doses, from 

 one 1 to five grains given in a cachet, or made 

 into a pill, and repeated once in six hours. 

 There are occasions when no medicine seems 

 to have any permanent effect upon the tem- 

 perature, and in such cases the application of 

 an ice-bag to the head for an hour or so may 

 be often applied with great advantage. A 

 sheep's bladder makes a capital bag for small 

 dogs. The ice should be broken in small 

 pieces, and the temperature taken from time to 

 time whilst the bag is on, so that one can see 

 whether the temperature is going down or not, 

 as it is not advisable to reduce it below normal. 



Fistula of Anus : 



Symptoms : A small wound running from the 

 side of the anus in an inward direction, and in 

 many cases opening into the bowel. There is 

 generally some discharge from the wound, and 

 a good deal of irritation, which keeps the dog 

 constantly licking the parts. 



Treatment : The quickest and surest cure is to 

 have the sinus freely laid open, and afterwards 

 foment and keep the wound clean with hot 

 boracic lotion — i drachm to eight ounces of 

 water. 



Fits : See Epilepsy, Convulsions, etc. 

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



