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clegs, above normal ; the pulse is very quick, 

 often going - up to 150. The dog refuses all 

 food, is very thirsty, frequently vomits, and 

 loses condition quickly. If the abscess bursts 

 in the abdomen, peritonitis follows, and death 

 soon takes place ; but if it dries up (becomes 

 caseated), then the dog gets better for a time, but 

 other abscesses are almost sure to form, if not 

 in the liver, kidneys, or lymphatic glands, they 

 may in the lungs, when there is a recurrence 

 of all the symptoms previously described. 



Treatment : There is little to be done in 

 these cases ; a large dose of salicylate of quinine, 

 say from two to ten grains, 1 should be given, and 

 repeated once in six hours. If no improvement 

 takes place by the following day, it is worth while 

 to see what a surgical operation will do, though 

 the chances of a cure by this mode of treatment 

 are never very bright. 



The dog's strength should be maintained with 

 good strong beef- tea, also Plasmon with milk, 

 and nutritive suppositories and enemas. Brandy, 

 too, should be freely given. 



Pyrosis : 



Symptoms : The rejection from the stomach 

 of a quantity of watery fluid. This is generally 

 preceded by discomfort and restlessness, and 

 rumbling in the stomach. 



Treatment : Put dog on a milk diet for a 



few days ; it may be given with Benger's food, 



Plasmon, or Spratt's invalid food, or toast ; also 



three or four times a day, about a quarter of 



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



