Mastitis] T 79 [Meningitis 



Cod-liver oil is also advised after food, from 

 half a teaspoonful * to a tablespoonful twice a day. 

 Mastitis (Inflammation of Breast) : 



Symptoms: This complaint is not uncommon 

 in bitches when nursing puppies. One or more 

 of the milk-glands may be affected. The breast 

 is swollen, red, and very tender. The bitch is 

 off her feed, and there is often a good deal of 

 fever. An abscess generally forms, which should 

 be lanced as soon as it becomes soft and points. 



Treatment: Hot water fomentations are the 

 best, as it is difficult to apply poultices when a 

 bitch is nursing puppies. If the temperature is 

 very high, from two l to ten grains of salicylate 

 of soda may be given three or four times a day. 



After the abscess has been opened, or has 

 broken, tonics as from a quarter of a grain l to 

 one grain of sulphate of quinine should be given 

 three times a day. 



Meningitis (Inflammation of the Membranes 

 of the Brain) : 



Symptoms : Occasionally occurs in young 

 puppies, particularly when suffering from worms, 

 but is more often the result of a protracted attack 

 of distemper. 



In young puppies, the patient rolls its head 

 from side to side, is constantly whining and 

 crying, has convulsions, and the head is burning 

 hot. When the result of distemper, convulsions 

 are always present, the dog champs the jaws, 

 emitting a quantity of frothy saliva. These are 

 what are called distemper fits. The eyes are 

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



