Tongue] 3 * 6 IToothache 



Tongue (Wounds and Ulcers of the): 



Symptoms : The wound may be a simple, 

 punctured one induced by one of the tusks 

 during a fit, or the tip of the tongue may be 

 bitten off, the result of an accident. Abrasions 

 and ulcers occur along the sides of the tongue, 

 due to friction against the molar teeth when 

 thickly encrusted with tartar. Very severe and 

 dangerous ulcers appear on the sides and point 

 of the tongue in cases of acute gastro-enteritis 

 or German distemper, and occasionally in this 

 disease the point of the tongue sloughs off. 



Treatment : In ordinary wounds of the tongue, 

 when there is no suppuration, simply washing 

 the mouth often with borax and water — one 

 teaspoonful to half a pint — several times a day 

 is sufficient, but when there is suppuration and 

 ulceration of the parts, besides keeping clean 

 with the borax, the ulcers should be painted twice 

 a day with a five-per-cent. solution of chromic 

 acid. The teeth should be thoroughly cleaned 

 by scraping, especially on the inside. When the 

 point of the tongue dies — in which case it turns 

 to a greyish-white colour — it should be clipped 

 off with scissors and the wound caused by the 

 operation dressed two or three times a day with 

 the chromic acid lotion. 



Tonsilitis : See Throat (Sore). 



Toothache : 



Symptoms : Dogs' teeth, as the result of their 

 formation, do not often decay, but as the result 

 of the accumulation of tartar the gums recede, 

 the fangs become exposed, and suppuration takes 



