576 THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



They are to be well rubbed in, and washed off again with hot water after the effect is 

 produced. The chest should then be delicately bandaged ; and if the animal seems much 

 worn-out by incessant sitting on his haunches, his chest ought to be supported by soft pillows. 



If the case is a mild one we should omit the blister, trusting simply to hot fomentations, 

 and turpentine, and mustard poultices. 



Give the animal plenty of cold water to drink, in which a teaspoonful or two of the 

 nitrate of potash has been dissolved. This for a large dog. The diet is to be light and rather 

 low for the first two or three days ; and a fever mixture is to be administered every four hours 

 for the first day or two. 



R Sol. ammon. acetat. ... 5 Ss. ad 5 jv. 



Sp. aeth. nitr. ... ... 51 ad 5 jSs. 



Tinct. bellad. ... ... -n^ v. ad 5 j. 



Aq. camph. ... ... q. s. 



P- haustus M. 



Great care must be taken to support the system, and the slightest change noted. As 

 soon as any change is observed in the pulse, and it loses its hardness, nutriment of the least 

 irritating sort, but strong withal, must be administered ; beef-tea, cream, and raw eggs, will be 

 found of the greatest service. Along with this wine must be given ; and its effects upon the 

 pulse and system marked. These, indeed, must be our guides as to the quantity. To do 

 any good at all it must be given with no sparing hand. 



If the dog gets still weaker, brandy in water must be given instead of wine. 



If the animal is in much pain, occasional small doses of hydrate of chloral five grains 

 to thirty grains in water may be administered with advantage. If diarrhoea comes on during 

 the course of the disease it is usually rather salutary than otherwise, and must not be suddenly 

 checked. Give now a diuretic, say spirits of sweet nitre, five drops to a drachm, with from two 

 to ten drops of colchicum wine in a little water, thrice a day. 



In cases of very great prostration brandy and beaten eggs must be given repeatedly, 

 and essence of beef. When signs of convalescence come about when the eye gets brighter, 

 and the breathing is less laboured, and the appetite begins to return cod-liver oil and quinine, 

 with occasional small doses of the chlorate of potash, will do immense good. Keep up the 

 strength meanwhile ; but take care not to overdo it in the matter of food. 



In the first stages of this disease we have known small repeated doses of the tincture of 

 aconite recommended ; but cannot speak from experience. The dose is from two to ten drops 

 in a little water every three hours. 



Pouring turpentine on boiling water, and causing the animal to inhale it for fifteen 

 minutes at a time every two or three hours, has been recommended by Dr. Skoda, of Vienna ; 

 and if a dog can be got to allow such an inhalation, it gives relief in the latter stages of 

 pneumonia. 



