286 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



well, however, to cut through the skin hefore applying 

 the cord ; for the operation is expedited considerably, 

 and an important deduction made from the animal's 

 agony. 



When the tumor drops off, the surface may be sprin- 

 kled thrice a day with the following powder : 



Camphor in powder, 



Opium in powder, 



Grey powder, 



Powdered galls, of each an equal quantity. 



Or a little of the ointment recommended for piles may 

 be smeared upon the wound in lieu of the above. An 

 unguent is perhaps to be preferred, as giving better pro- 

 tection to the sore, over which the faeces must pass, and 

 also as being more grateful to the feelings of the pa- 

 tient. Powder and ointment may be changed and 

 varied according to the judgment of the attendant : 

 thus, to render the last more stimulating, I mix creo- 

 sote with it occasionally ; or to give it an astringent 

 property I add a portion of galls, catechu, or kino ; but 

 these I never pass into the rectum. Astringents intro- 

 duced upon the sore and ulcerated surface of the intes- 

 tine of course render it harsh, dry, and corrugated ; and 

 as during the exercise of its function the part is necessa- 

 rily dilated, the animal is, by the pain produced from the 

 stretching of the constringed membrane, indisposed for 

 the performance of that act, on the regular discharge of 

 which its health in no little measure depends. Astrin- 



