1 80 Diseases of the Circulatory System. 



relief. Usually the dog appears to be dull, heavy, out of 

 condition, and his coat is rough, and the skin sometimes 

 has an unpleasant odour. 



Treatment. — Aged animals should be destroyed by 

 inhaling an overdose of chloroform, the most humane 

 method of depriving them of life. In recent cases, when 

 the animal is especially valuable, slight inhalations of 

 chloroform, or the administration of chloric ether in 

 doses of five to fifteen drops in a teaspoonful of water, 

 may afford the needed relief. In less urgent cases one 

 or other of the Expectorant formulae will be useful as 

 daily medicine. A hot bath, or stimulating liniment 

 to the sides is also useful in cases of more or less urgency. 

 In those of less severity, the patient being young, daily 

 exercise is of great importance, the diet of flesh must be 

 reduced, and vegetables substituted for the deficiency, or 

 Spratfs Fibrine and Beetroot cakes may form the entire 

 diet for some time. The action of the skin should be 

 induced by regular cleansing and the use of the brush 

 and comb. Aperients are called for to promote regular 

 action of the bowels. Avoid such causes as cold and 

 damp, especially while the health is precarious. 



CHAPTER XII. 

 DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. 



Fatty Degeneration of the Heart— Rupture of the Heart— Valvular Disease- 

 Pericarditis— Invasion by Parasites. 



The organs engaged in the circulation of the blood in 

 canine animals are not subject to an extended list of 

 maladies, as in the horse, for instance. The circum- 

 stances of food especially bring the dog within the limits 

 of a special susceptibility to disease of the digestive track, 

 but changes in the system of breeding, especially with 



