Perspiration] 2 * ' [Perspiration 



temperature is high, perhaps 104 or 105 degs. F., 

 the pulse quick, and the dog refuses food. Blood 

 poison may result. 



Treatment : Keep patient absolutely quiet, 

 and give a good purge. Apply following lotion 

 constantly on lint : — 



Or an ice-bag may be applied. 



If an abscess forms, it must be freely opened, 

 and afterwards apply hot linseed-meal poultices, 

 dusted over with powdered charcoal. 



Perspiration : 



Symptoms : A dog does not perspire from 

 the skin when in health, but he occasionally 

 does when suffering from some skin diseases ; 

 and puppies in the nest, when ill and not 

 thriving, will become quite wet from perspira- 

 tion. It is always a bad sign, and shows the 

 dog or puppy is in a very bad state of 

 health. 



Treatment : In the case of puppies, give the 

 mother a dose of castor oil, and dust the 

 youngsters all over two or three times a day 

 with finely - powdered boracic acid one part, 

 kaolin eight parts, mixed together. In the 

 case of adult dogs, give daily a sulphur bath, 

 made by dissolving one ounce of sulphurated 

 potash in four gallons of tepid water ; after 



