Womb} 3 3° [Worms 



be repeated in a couple of hours. Failing this 

 medicine, then give from five to forty l drops of 

 Pearson's Antiseptic Fluid in a gelatine capsule or 

 cachet, and this too may be repeated in a couple 

 of hours if necessary. 



Sometimes benefit is derived by washing the 

 stomach out with a solution of the fluid just 

 mentioned diluted two hundred times with tepid 

 water, using from one ounce to half a pint of the 

 solution. 1 This must be done with a stomach 

 pump. When everything else fails, it is advisable 

 to submit the dog to an operation, which consists 

 of opening the abdomen, and then puncturing the 

 stomach to allow the gas to escape, but care must 

 be taken not to let any of the contents of the 

 stomach escape into the abdominal cavity. The 

 wound made in the stomach must be afterwards 

 carefully closed by Lembert's sutures. 



Womb (Inflammation of): See Uteris (In- 

 flammation of). 



Worms in the Heart (Filaria Immitis) : 



Symptoms: A common disease in China and 

 not uncommon in Japan, but I believe there has 

 never been a case in England when the dog has 

 been born here, though some few dogs that have 

 been imported from the countries named show 

 symptoms of suffering from these parasites soon 

 after arriving in this country by frequently 

 suffering from convulsions, weakness in the back 

 legs, and in some cases paralysis. A dog's heart 

 is often irregular in action, but in these cases it 

 is particularly so, and after some great exertion 

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



