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great difficulty. She generally lies on her side, 

 with legs outstretched and head drawn back, 

 panting violently and frothing at the mouth. 

 The attack, though very distressing, generally 

 lasts some hours, leaving the bitch much 

 prostrated ; it is seldom attended with fatal 

 results. 



Treatment : As soon as the bitch is able to 

 swallow, give from five 1 to fifteen grains each of 

 bromide of potassium and hydrated chloral in 

 water. The dose may be repeated in two or 

 three hours if necessary. 



Once a bitch has had an attack of this com- 

 plaint she generally has another in the course 

 of a few days, but it may be prevented by giving 

 some bromide of potassium regularly for a time — 

 as from three x to ten grains three times a day 

 with the food or in a little water. 



Diet : Fish, tripe, and milk food may be 

 generously given, but avoid red meat. 



Pediculi (Lice): 



Symptoms : Small, bluish-grey insects gener- 

 ally found with the head stuck in the skin — 

 standing on their heads, as it were. They may 

 be seen on all parts of the dog, but the favourite 

 places seem to be the nose, ears, and under- 

 neath the chest. The lice lay their eggs or 

 nits on the hair, to which they stick by a very 

 adhesive material and are difficult to remove. 



These insects cause intolerable irritation, and 

 as a consequence, the dog is always scratching, 

 and loses condition. 



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



