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should on no account be used for stud purposes. 

 The growths may not only be on the point 

 Of the penis, but may be situated far back. 



Treatment: The growths should be removed 

 by being scraped off, and the roots cauterised 

 sparingly with a saturated solution of chromic 

 acid, which should be applied on a thin stick. 

 The caustic should be repeated in a week. It 

 may be necessary to repeat it several times. 



Pericarditis (Inflammation of the Heart's 

 Sac): 



Symptoms : It is difficult to detect it in the 

 dog. There is some pain on the left side of 

 the chest, the pulse is quiet and small, the 

 temperature is two or three degrees above 

 normal ; the breathing is short and quick, 

 and there is a dry cough. If the heart be 

 examined with a stethoscope, a friction sound 

 is heard with each movement of the heart. 

 When fluid collects in the sac, as it often does, 

 the usual heart sounds are almost inaudible. 



Treatment : Apply hot linseed-meal poultices 

 to left side of chest, keep the bowels freely 

 opened with purgative medicine. If temperature 

 is very high, give the following mixture : — 



Recipe : 



Salicine, - - - - 2 drachms. 



Tr. Digitalis, - - - \\ drachms. 



Simple Syrup, - 1 ounce. 



Water to - - - - - 6 ounces. 



From one teaspoonful to a tablespoonful * three 



or four times a day. 



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



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