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temporarily blind because the eyelids are swollen. 

 Sometimes one or more legs are the seat of 

 the trouble, and become three or four times 

 their normal size ; in other cases, large patches 

 appear about the body. As a rule, it passes 

 away almost as quickly as it comes. 



Treatment: Keep dog quiet and warm whilst 

 the attack is on, and give from half to two drops l 

 of liquor arsenicalis (P. B.) in a little water 

 every two or three hours. Also give a good 

 dose of aperient medicine. For a few days 

 after a dog has had nettlerash, he should be 

 kept on a light milk diet, and given a course 

 of arsenic, as from one to eight drops x of liquor 

 arsenicalis in water, three times a day after food. 



Neuralgia : 



Symptoms: Dogs are affected with a form of 

 neuralgia that attacks the muscles and nerves 

 of the neck and shoulders. The pain, which is 

 very acute, comes on quite suddenly, and the 

 dog cries with it. The head is drawn into the 

 body, as it were. The muscles are swollen, and 

 very tense. There is a difficulty in walking ; 

 and when it is attempted, it is done very slowly 

 and stiffly. The attack may last a couple of 

 hours, sometimes longer, and then slowly passes 

 off, and the patient may appear quite well ; when 

 all at once it may come on again as bad as 

 before, and so keeps on for days, and some- 

 times weeks, unless some suitable treatment 

 is adopted. 



Treatment : The dog must be kept very quiet 

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



