CErchitis] 2 °° [CErchitis 



free purge. If any good is to be done it must 

 be by dieting ; and whatever food is given should 

 be dry. Raw, or nearly raw, meat is the best 

 food, for nearly all fat dogs put on this diet lose 

 weight considerably, and at the same time im- 

 prove in health by becoming brighter and livelier, 

 and more ready to take exercise ; but the 

 meat must be given sparingly, say for a small 

 dog like a pomeranian, one ounce and a half 

 twice a day ; and for a dog the size of a fox 

 terrier, three ounces twice a day. The worst 

 of this food is, it never seems to satisfy ; in fact, 

 a dog fed on raw meat always seems hungry. 

 Raw meat does not answer in every case, for the 

 dog sometimes gets fatter instead of thinner, as 

 required. Then a diet of dry biscuit should be 

 tried. For small dogs, Spratts' pet-dog biscuits 

 should be given — whole, if they will be taken 

 that way, otherwise they must be broken up in 

 small pieces, and no other food at all given ; and 

 the more exercise the better. 



OErchitis (Inflammation of the Testicle) : 

 Symptoms : In young dogs it occurs as the 

 result of injury ; in old ones it arises from con- 

 stitutional causes. The testicles become swollen 

 and very painful, the scrotum is red and 

 shiny. The dog walks and sits down with 

 difficulty. 



Treatment : Give a purge, as from two to 



ten grains 1 of jalapin. Foment the parts 



often with hot poppy-head tea, made by boiling 



a couple of crushed poppy-heads in a quart of 



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



