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5. Not to fidget the patient, but to give him 



food and medicine at regular stated 

 times. 



6. To keep the body warm, but the air he 



breathes fresh and cool. Fresh air 

 never kills, but foul air often does. 



The best kind of bed for a small dosr being 

 nursed in a room is a basket with a cushion 

 in, which should be covered over with a white 

 cloth or towel to be changed daily. For a kennel 

 or loose box a bench should be supplied, raised 

 a few inches from the ground, and long 

 and wide enough for the dog to lie out full 

 length. Straw makes a good bedding, and 

 should be changed often. 



In nursing surgical cases, cleanliness is even 

 more important than in medical cases, and 

 the patient should be kept under similar condi- 

 tions. It is important to take the temperature 

 twice a day at least, for a rise of temperature is 

 the first symptom of suppuration in a wound, and 

 shows that it is not healing in a normal manner ; 

 or if healing, by suppuration it points to pus being 

 pent up somewhere, and the surgeon's attention 

 is required. 



Clean bandages and dressing should be put on 

 every time a wound is dressed, and the bandages 

 taken off should be washed in some disinfectant 

 like Pearson's fluid, dried and ironed, ready for 

 use again. The old dressing which has been in 

 contact with the wound should be burnt. 



Bitches in the nest with puppies require, for 

 the first week at least, as careful nursing as an 



