Urine] 3*5 [Uterus 



Urine (Sediment in) : 



Symptoms : The urine may be passed white 

 and cloudy, or clear, but of a high colour, 

 and when cold there is a thick, yellowish-white 

 deposit. 



Treatment: When accompanied by some ill- 

 ness with a high fever, no special treatment is 

 necessary, as the condition will pass away as 

 the health improves, but when the symptoms 

 described are present and the dog seems other- 

 wise apparently well, give a course of hypo- 

 sulphite of soda, from three to twenty 1 grains two 

 or three times a day in water or a little milk. A 

 dog will generally take this medicine himself 

 when mixed with milk. 



Diet : Milk, tripe, stewed rabbit, etc., with 

 rice or bread, but avoid red meat. 



Urticaria: See Nettlerash. 



Uterus, Inflammation of (Metritis): 



Symptoms : This disease generally occurs 

 after heat, and is a condition which old bitches 

 are more subject to than young ones. The 

 exciting cause is generally due to something 

 which stops the natural discharge, as a chill, 

 the result of washing a bitch during heat, or 

 from getting wet by rain. Once this disease 

 has occurred it often follows every period of 

 cestrum. The signs of inflammation of the 

 womb do not come on very suddenly like 

 other inflammations, there is for two or three 

 days a loss of appetite and dulness, the bitch 

 is thirsty, and if the temperature is taken, 

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



