90 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



over the front. Where abscesses have formed, patches of the gland will generally 

 become obliterated, and of no further use. Mammitis does sometimes assume a 

 chronic form, the glands become enlarged and indurated. 



MILK FEVER (PARTURIENT APOPLEXY) is uncommon in the bitch. There is 

 danger of causing it by robbing her of all her puppies, especially if she has plenty 

 of milk, in a case of where she has got out on you and bred by mistake to some 

 common dog. Drown all but one puppy as soon as born, if you don't want to raise 

 them, but leave one to nurse for a week or so. 



THE SYMPTOAIS are apparent weakness, staggering, quick, hard breathing, hot 

 dry nose and tongue, the tongue furred; the milk is suppressed, and the bitch 

 shows extreme thirst. 



TREATMENT. Apply ice to the head, if possible; if not, then cold water often, 

 and relieve the bowels by clysters. Keep her quiet and as little disturbed as can 

 be, a soft bed provided so the head will be someivhat elevated. This is very im- 

 portant. Also give Glover's, Clayton's or Dent's Distemper Cure every two or three 

 hours in teaspoonful doses for ordinary sized dogs, for a day or two, until she is 

 better, which will allay the fever. The bitch should be milked two or three times 

 a day. If a caked breast appears treat this as prescribed under that heading. In 

 Milk Fever when the bitch is unconscious, nourishment, such as brandy and milk, 

 can be given per rectum. The bladder must be emptied by means of the catheter. 



NAVEL HERNIA, OR RUPTURE. An enlargement of the navel, often met 

 with in puppies, and may be simply an expansion of the isame, or cicatrice. Navel 

 hernia is the protrusion of a portion of the intestine the membraneous covering 

 of the bowels. It may be caused by extra strain at birth on the umbilical cord, or 

 the tongue of the mother may extend the wound. It is a soft, movable tumor over 

 the navel, varying in size, and most prominent when the stomach and bowels are 

 full. I have seen it occur in puppies, but so slight that I did not do anything for 

 them, it doing no harm, and only leaving a small lump that was never noticed as 

 they grew up, the hair on the belly hiding it. In treating puppies for it, wait till 

 they are weaned and separated from their mother, or she will, with her tongue, 

 remove or displace the application. Now, take the puppy in the morning, before 

 his breakfast, when bowels are empty, lay him on his back on your lap, and place 

 over the enlargement a pad of vulcanized India rubber or cork, tapered, the smaller 

 end being applied on the tumor after it has been pressed in, and the pad secured by 

 strips of white leather smeared with warm pitch plaster, well stuck to the belly 1:0 

 pup can not scratch it off with its feet. A cure can be effected in a few weeks 

 if the pad is kept in place. 



Here is a case that was prescribed for by DENT: 



"My pointer puppy, ten weeks old, strong and healthy, has a rupture right 

 under its belly, near the ribs and about the size of a very large pea. Will it have 

 any bad effect on the dog after being cured? Please prescribe. Ans These navel 

 ruptures frequently disappear with age and seldom cause any inconvenience. It 

 you want to operate on the rupture, lay the dog on his back, pinch the skin up 

 over the opening in the walls of the abdomen and pass two pins through at right 

 angles to each other, being careful not to puncture the intestines; then tie a silk 

 cord around the skin between the body and the pins and allow it to stay there 

 until it sloughs off." 



NEPHRITIS. See KIDNEYS, INFLAMMATION OF. 



