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and a bad injury to this joint means the dog 

 being lame very often for two or three months. 

 If the case is taken in hand at once, hot poppy- 

 head fomentation is the best application, which 

 should be applied two or three times a day. 

 After three or four days, the following liniment 

 may be applied night and morning all around the 

 joint, but particularly on the inside, where the 

 principal swelling is : — 



Recipe: The Liniment: 



Chloroform, .... 4 drachms. 



Tincture Hyoscyamus, - - 4 drachms. 



Spirits of Camphor, 1 ounce. 



Soap Liniment, 2 ounces. 



When the inflammation has passed, the dog 

 often continues to go lame for some time, 

 due to the joint being stiff. This condition is 

 relieved by rubbing the swelling, which will be 

 found on the inside of the joint, daily with 

 colourless tincture of iodoform. 



In all cases of injury of the stifle joint, the dog 

 should be, for the first two or three weeks, kept 

 absolutely quiet, and then gentle walking exercises 

 may be given, and later, it is a good plan to give 

 the dog swimming exercise. 



Stings : 



Symptoms : Pain, swelling and redness of the 

 part. A dog sometimes gets stung on the tongue 

 with a wasp, and the swelling which afterwards 

 occurs is often serious. 



Treatment : When possible, extract the sting, 

 and apply a solution of ammonia ; ammoniated 



