Purpura] 2 "3 [Pyaemia 



The dose varies from fifteen grains to one 

 ounce, 1 given in some sweetened milk. 



Purpura : 



Symptoms : Extravasation of blood into the 

 skin in very small pin - like spots, or may be 

 in large patches. They are first bright red, 

 then turn darker, and afterwards become brown 

 in colour. The same symptoms may occur on 

 the tongue, also the cheek, and on the white 

 parts of the eye, and they occur also on the 

 internal organs. 



Treatment : When the spots are very small 

 and few in number, no notice need be taken of 

 them ; but when there are large patches of 

 extravasated blood, give from half a grain 1 to 

 two grains of ergotine with double the quantity 

 of reduced iron, made into a pill, two or three 

 times a day. After a few days, commence a 

 course of arsenic, give from one 1 to six drops 

 of liquor arsenic (P.B.) three times a day in 

 water after food. 



In these cases, avoid giving much meat. 



Pyaemia : 



Symptoms : This is an uncommon disease in 

 dogs, but when it does occur it usually runs a 

 rapid course, death often taking place in a few 

 days. It generally results from some severe 

 internal operation, though it may not come on 

 until some months after the operation has taken 

 place, then a large abscess forms in the liver. 

 The attack commences, as a rule, by severe 

 shivering, the temperature rises 3 or 4 or more 

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



