200 

 the Size and strength. A laxative of castor oil should 

 be administered ; but unless the bowels are obstinate- 

 ly bound, and have been so several days, nothing 

 stronger should be given, as it would only heighten the 

 inflammatory symptoms. The dog should be put into 

 warm water every four or five hours ; or, if that is 

 found too troublesome, from his size or other circum- 

 stances, the belly may be rubbed with hot water. 

 Clysters of castor oil with mutton broth should be 

 frequently thrown up, till evacuation is procured ; and 

 the belly may also be rubbed with oil of turpentine 

 between the bathings, if the symptoms are very urgent 

 No food should be given, and cold water should be 

 removed ; but the dog may be drenched Avith mut- 

 ton broth. In case the vomiting is obstinate, with 

 every dose of castor oil, and every drench of mut- 

 ton broth, from ten to twenty drops of laudanum 

 may be given. Should the animal become paralytic 

 in his lower extremities, the sickness prove incessant, 

 and the mouth and ears become cold and pale, mor- 

 tification is near at hand. — This complaint is some- 

 thnes accompanied with obstinate costiveness ; at 

 others there is very little; and in some cases the 

 bowels are even lax. 



INFLAMED LUNGS. 



This is not an unfrequent complaint among dogs, 

 and in general cases is brought on by a cold taken, 

 dipping is a frequent cause ; and bathing is another, 

 when dogs are not dried afterwards. Any exposure 

 to cold may occasion it ; it is also now and then epi- 

 demic. About three years ago it raged in London 

 and its vicinity, to such an extent as to carry off num- 

 l^eis. There was nothing in the weather to account 



