Hysteria] ' 5 * [Ichthyosis 



needles be kept very clean ; and each time after 

 being used it should be washed out with a 

 five per cent, solution of carbolic acid or spirit. 

 A wire (slightly vaselined), several of which are 

 supplied with the syringe, should always be kept 

 in the needle. 



Hysteria : Young puppies, especially at the 

 time when they are changing their teeth, have 

 sometimes a form of hysteria brought about by 

 excitement, especially in hot weather. 



Symptoms : The puppy rushes about here and 

 there, not knowing where it is going or what it 

 is doing, biting and snapping at everything within 

 reach, and screaming and howling as if it was 

 being unmercifully beaten. Saliva pours from 

 the mouth, and many a one has been destroyed 

 during such an attack, it being supposed to have 

 gone mad. 



Treatment : Place the puppy in a basket, and 

 put in a quiet, dark place. It cannot be made to 

 swallow anything during the attack, but medicine 

 in the form of an enema may be given, as from 

 ten 1 to thirty drops each of laudanum and sul- 

 phuric ether in from one 1 to four tablespoonfuls 

 of tepid water. 



A course of bromide must be given afterwards 

 for some time to prevent a recurrence of the 

 attack. Dose from three l to ten grains with milk, 

 or in a little water, three times a day. Keep on 

 a light diet and give no meat. 



Ichthyosis : 



Symptoms : Hard, dry, thick skin which 

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



