Wen] 3 2 ° [Wind 



for three or four days ; afterwards she should be 

 allowed to visit them night and morning', say for 

 about an hour each time, so long as there are 

 any signs of milk being secreted. 



To help to disperse the milk, a dose of castor 

 oil, from one teaspoonful to three x tablespoonfuls, 

 may be given the bitch occasionally. 



If anything is rubbed on the milk glands, like 

 methylated spirits and water, or spirits of 

 camphor, etc., it must be carefully washed off 

 before the bitch is allowed to return to the 

 puppies. If the glands become hard and 

 knotted they must be kneaded with camphor- 

 ated oil until soft, and then the contents drawn 

 off with the fingers or a proper breast-pump. 



For hints how to feed young puppies, see article 

 on Feeding in the Appendix. 



Wen: 



Symptoms: A small roundish or oval tumour 

 of smooth surface situated just under the skin, and 

 one that moves freely about, it being unattached. 

 It is a simple growth and quite painless. 



Treatment : The only thing to be done in these 

 cases is removal by operation, which is quite a 

 simple matter, for when the skin covering the 

 wen is cut through the little tumour is easily 

 squeezed out. The wound should be afterwards 

 sewed up, some carbolic gauze applied, which 

 should be kept in its place with a bandage or 

 jacket. 



Wind in the Stomach: 



Symptoms : Dogs, especially big ones, occasion- 

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



