Nasal] ! o9 [Nasal 



The next day, when this has worked off, com- 

 mence the following pills : — 



Recipe : 



Salicylate of Quinine, - 2 to 12 grains. 1 



Solution Arsenic, - - 3 to 12 minims. 



Solution Sulphate Atropine, \ to 2 drops. 



Extract Gentian, - - 5 to 20 grains. 

 Mix. 



Divide into 12 pills — one to be taken every 

 four hours. 



When the discharge has ceased, and the appe- 

 tite has become normal, if the cough continues 

 troublesome, give from half 1 a teaspoonful to a 

 tablespoonful of cod-liver oil two or three times 

 a day. 



Nasal Parasites : 



Symptoms : Very occasionally dogs suffer 

 from a worm in one of the nostrils called 

 Pentastioma Taenoides. It is a worm varying 

 in size from one and a half to two inches long-, 

 and about half an inch wide in the centre, 

 tapering slightly at each end. It develops at the 

 back of the nose, and whilst growing appears 

 to cause no discomfort to its host ; but when 

 it commences to move, it induces a good deal 

 of sneezing and a discharge of mucus from the 

 nasal passage from the side where it is lodged. 

 The dog eventually dislodges it during a violent 

 attack of sneezing. 



I have never seen more than one in a case, 

 and the dog seems comfortable directly it has 

 got rid of its guest. 



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



