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Apply as directed two or three times a 

 day. In some cases dusting the wound over 

 with a powder made with one part of iodoform 

 mixed with eight parts of boracic acid. Amylo- 

 form is also another good healing powder. It 

 is necessary to keep the dog's tongue away from 

 it, otherwise he is continually licking off the new 

 skin as it forms. 



Uraemia : 



Symptoms: This condition generally follows 

 some severe illness affecting the kidneys or 

 bladder when the suppression of the secretion 

 of urine has occurred. Anything that stops the 

 flow of water from the bladder, as stone or 

 stricture, may cause it ; it also occurs in bad 

 cases of stone in the kidney. In these cases the 

 dog is very ill, there is an entire loss of appetite 

 and often severe vomiting ; a heavy, sleepy 

 condition soon comes on, and the temperature is 

 very high. The white of the eyes are greatly 

 congested, and any urine passed is of dark colour 

 and may be mixed with blood. Sometimes there 

 are convulsions, but the dog soon sinks into a 

 comatose state. As a rule these cases terminate 

 fatally. 



Treatment : It is often difficult to give 

 medicine by the mouth in these cases as the 

 vomiting is generally so severe and frequent, but 

 the dog is able, as a rule, to drink milk and 

 Vichy water in equal parts. If possible, give a 

 purgative, Epsom salts being about the best. 

 The dose is from fifteen grains to one ounce, 1 

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



