Heat] J 45 [Hemiplegia 



complications arise, as enlargement of the liver 

 and dropsy (ascites). 



Treatment : Keep dog as quiet as possible ; do 

 not allow any hard exercise or running upstairs. 

 Feed on a meat diet, and occasionally give a 

 course of following mixture : — 



Doses: From one teaspoonful to a table- 

 spoonful 1 three times a day, after food. 



It is important to keep bowels open by occa- 

 sionally giving aperient medicine. If cough very 

 troublesome, give two or three times a day, 

 made into a pill, from sVth x to ^th of a grain of 

 hydrate of heroin, with from half 1 to two grains 

 of hydrate of terpin. 



Heat, The : See Oestrum. 



Hemiplegia : 



Symptoms : Paralysis of one side of body, 

 including limbs. 



Treatment: Unless attack is due to a 

 known cause, as an accident or the result of 

 distemper, commence treatment with a dose of 

 worm medicine, followed by a brisk purge. If 

 no better in a few days, give a course of the 

 following pills : — 



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



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