Thirst] 3°6 [Thirst 



wrong temperature may be taken. At least 

 a minute and a half should be allowed when 

 taking the temperature in these parts, even 

 when a half- minute registering thermometer 

 is used. 



Thirst : 



Symptoms: Excessive drinking of water in 

 large quantities when it can be obtained. A dog, 

 when he is suffering from catarrh of the stomach 

 or diabetes, which induces great thirst, will drink 

 anything, the craving for fluid being so great, 

 even soapy or muddy water, and he will even 

 lick up his own urine when other fluid cannot be 

 found. There is loss of condition, the appetite 

 is poor, the muscles waste, particularly about the 

 neck and limbs, whilst the stomach often becomes 

 full and pendulous. 



Treatment : The quantity of water allowed in 

 these cases must be regulated. Dogs in health 

 drink very little except in hot weather, or 

 when taking hard exercise, but under the 

 abnormal circumstances in question, much more 

 than what is taken in health may be allowed. 

 Small dogs may be given half a pint a day, 

 divided into four or five lots, and big dogs 

 two quarts a day, similarly divided into small 

 quantities. For medicine give half a drop 1 to 

 two drops of liquor arsenicalis (P.B.) three times 

 a day, mixed with the drinking water. If after 

 a week the thirst continues, give from the 

 eighth ! to a grain of powdered opium two or 

 three times a day made into a pill. 



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



