Phimosis] 2 * 2 [Piles 



well drying, dust the inside of the thighs, 

 abdomen, armpits, etc., with the powder re- 

 commended for puppies. For medicine give a 

 course of arsenic, as from one 1 to eight drops 

 of Fowler's solution in water after food. 



Phimosis : 



Symptoms : The opening of the sheaf or 

 prepuce is so small that the male organ 

 cannot pass through. 



Treatment : Nothing but a surgical operation 

 is of any use, which consists in enlarging the 

 opening, and sewing the skin to the mucus 

 membrane. 



Phthisis : 



Symptoms : Chronic hacking cough ; the tem- 

 perature is always a degree or two above 

 normal ; loss of condition ; the muscles of the 

 neck, body, and limbs become wasted. If the 

 expectorations are examined by the microscope, 

 the tubercle bacilli will be found. 



Treatment : Generally incurable ; but making 

 the dog live out of doors, and giving plenty of 

 cod-liver oil, with a generous diet of raw meat, 

 sometimes does good. 



It is a mistake to keep a dog suffering from 

 consumption amongst people, as the danger of 

 infection is too great a risk. 



Piles (External) : 



Symptoms : Dogs do not suffer from internal 



piles, but old dogs occasionally have a form 



of external piles ; then the anus becomes red, 



inflamed, and swollen ; small red pimples form 



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



