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ally suffer from a very bad form of " wind or 

 gas in the stomach ", which is a very serious 

 illness, often terminating fatally in a few hours, 

 due to rupture of the stomach, the result of over- 

 distension. The gas is formed by a germ gener- 

 ally present in all dogs' stomachs and bowels, 

 and called " Bacillus Communis Colli ", and 

 sometimes without any apparent reason or cause 

 they take on an active form with the result as 

 above mentioned. The attack usually comes on 

 shortly after eating. The dog becomes restless 

 and breathes quickly, the abdomen is full and 

 tense, the dog has an anxious look, the eyes are 

 congested, and the pulse very quick and small. 

 The distension continues to increase, the abdo- 

 men often assuming an enormous size and hard 

 as a drum, and the pain is acute. Unless relief 

 is quickly obtained the dog suddenly collapses, 

 the stomach having ruptured and the contents 

 escaped into the abdominal cavity. Acute 

 peritonitis sets in, and the dog dies in a few 

 hours as much from shock as the disease. 



Treatment: It is generally unsatisfactory, as 

 the symptoms are so acute that there is little 

 time to do anything before the dog becomes 

 collapsed ; however, now and then benefit is 

 derived by giving a strong dose of antiseptic 

 medicine, as cyllin, from two to six 1 minims, 

 which can be obtained in gelatine capsules ; the 

 dose may be repeated in a couple of hours. If 

 cyllin cannot be obtained give from two to fifteen l 

 grains of Naphthol Beta in a cachet ; this also may 

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



