174 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



any seasoning. A mechanical obstruction is the only 

 check that can be depended upon. A muzzle must be 

 employed, if nothing else can be used ; but generally a 

 leather boot, or gutta percha case moulded to the part, 

 has answered admirably. To the immediate place I 

 apply a piece of wet lint, over which is put some oil silk, 

 and the rag is kept constantly moist. The dose of the 

 liquor arsenicalis is increased by one-fourth or one-half, 

 and in a few days the morbid desire to injure itself ceases. 

 After this the dressings are continued ; and only when 

 the recovery is perfect do I attempt to operate, no matter 

 how serious may be the wound, or how terrible, short of 

 mortifying, it may appear. 



Tumors must be treated upon general principles : and 

 only regarded as reasons for supporting the strength. 

 They require no special directions at this place, but the 

 reader is referred to that portion of the work in which 

 they are dwelt upon. 



To the genital organs of the male, when the discharge 

 is abundant, a wash consisting of a drachm of the solution 

 of the chloride of zinc to an ounce of water, gently ap- 

 plied once or twice daily, is all that will be necessary. 

 The paralysis of the bladder requires immediate atten- 

 tion. In the last stage, when exhaustion sets in, it is 

 nearly always paralysed. Sometimes the retention of 

 urine constitutes the leading and most serious symptom ; 

 and after the water has been once drawn off, the bladder 

 may regain its tone another operation rarely being 

 needed. A professional friend, formerly my pupil, 



