Glandular] J 4° [Glandular 



Recipe : 



Colourless Tincture of Iodine, - 4 drachms. 

 Spirits of Camphor, - - - 1 ounce. 

 Soap Liniment to - - - 3 ounces. 



A little to be gently rubbed into the swelling 

 night and morning. 



When enlargement of the sympathetic glands, 

 the result of some inflammation going on in the 

 neighbourhood, no special treatment is required, 

 as the condition will cease as the inflammation 

 subsides. The tumefied glands, when situated 

 near the front of shoulder, also under arm or 

 in the pubic region, may be treated with iodine 

 vasogen for a time, but any treatment except 

 an operation is unlikely to be successful. 



Glandular Enlargement (Lymphadenoma) : 



Symptoms : This is a serious disease, and often 

 affects all the lymphatic glands of the system, 

 they becoming much swollen and painful. Those 

 glands under the jaw are generally the first to 

 show the disease, and they often increase from 

 a bean (normal size) to a walnut in size. The 

 disease extends to the other glands, as those in 

 front of the shoulders ; also those under the 

 arms. Those at each side of the penis, the back 

 of the hind legs, and even the gland situated in 

 the abdomen are affected ; in fact, the dog is all 

 lumps and bumps, and is a wretched object. 



Treatment : Is seldom attended with suc- 

 cess ; but occasionally large doses of iodide of 

 potassium, from one to ten grains, 1 well diluted 

 with water, seems to retard the progress of 



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



