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Carbolic Acid : 



Symptoms : The dog shows signs of great pain, 

 and is violently sick ; the lips, mouth, and tongue 

 are white, swollen, and hard. There is great 

 prostration and signs of collapse, the lips and 

 ears being cold. The urine is of a dark brown 

 colour, sometimes even black, or it may be alto- 

 gether suppressed. When a fatal dose has been 

 taken, the pupils are contracted, the dog soon 

 becomes comatosed, breathing difficult, and death 

 follows. It is rather characteristic of carbolic 

 acid poisoning that the patient, a short time 

 before death, often seems to rally, making one 

 (even persons of experience) think that the worst 

 has passed, and that he is going to get better. 

 But a sudden collapse often occurs, and death 

 takes place unexpectedly. All cases do not run 

 this acute course ; the membrane of the tongue 

 and mouth may be badly burnt, which peels off, 

 leaving a large raw surface, which ulcerates. The 

 same may occur in the throat, and even in the 

 stomach and bowels ; and the dog gradually dies 

 from exhaustion, or even blood poisoning, a week 

 or ten days after the accident has happened. 



Treatment : Give a large dose of Epsom salts 

 at once, to be followed a few minutes afterwards 

 by an emetic, the apomorphia being the best — 

 from one 1 to two teaspoonfuls of one grain to 

 two ounces of water solution. Failing this, salt 

 and water, or from five * to twenty grains of sul- 

 phate of zinc in water ; also give the white of an 

 e gg or olive oil to relieve the burning irritation 

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



