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doses of aspirin, from two to ten grains, 1 may 

 be given three or four times a day ; and if there 

 is much pain, from two to fifteen 1 drops of 

 laudanum may be given in water the same time. 



Diet : Light, as milk, with Benger's food, stale 

 bread or toast. 



Influenza : 



Symptoms : Dulness, loss of appetite, rise of 

 temperature, pains in the loins, quick pulse. 

 There is generally a cough, and bronchitis or 

 pneumonia may develop. In some cases there 

 is severe diarrhoea, and there may be some 

 discharge from nose. 



Treatment : Place patient in a dry and com- 

 fortable room or kennel, the temperature of 

 which should be kept from 55 to 65 degs. F., 

 according to whether the dog has been accus- 

 tomed to live in a house or kennel. If there is 

 constipation, give a small dose of castor oil ; and 

 if the temperature is high, give from two x to ten 

 grains of salicine three or four times a day. 

 When fever has passed, give salicylate of 

 quinine, from a quarter 1 to a grain, made into 

 a pill, three times a day. 



Diet : Light, whilst there is any fever ; but 

 when this has passed, strengthening food is 

 required, as under-done or raw meat with rice or 

 bread, also tripe and fish ; and if appetite bad, 

 offer some stewed rabbit with rice or bread. 



Inguinal Hernia: See Hernia. 



Insect Bites : 



Symptoms : The parts may become much 

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



