100 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



regular gentle exercise. The food must be nourishing and rather laxative. Oat-. 

 mf.al porridge mixed with a strong beef or mutton broth, every other day, will 

 generally have a gentle action on the bowels, with a meal once a week of boiled 

 liver, which will have a laxative effect. 



If the "disease is connected with debility the strength must be gotten up by 

 extra food, giving more than usual of cooked meat, in small quantities but fed 

 oftener than usual. The medicines in paralysis are tonics, and strychnine the 

 active principle of mix vomica which has a special power over the muscles and 

 nerveis. One to three grains of powdered nux vomica, according to size and age 

 of the dog, or from one-twentieth to one-sixteenth of a grain of strychnine, with 

 two to six grains of extract of gentian, and one or two grains of quinine made into 

 a pill. Great care must be used in compounding the pills, containing as they do 

 such a powerful drug as strychnine. Give a pill twice a day. In m Id cases of 

 paralysis, syrup of the phosphates, with strychnia (called Easten's syrup), is often 

 of great service. In lieu of the latter tonics, a handier thing to do is to use 

 Sergeants Condition Pills, which contain strychnine and other good tonic prop 

 erties. In paralysis of the hind legs the bladder generally participates, the dog 

 being unable to stand, and cannot pass the urine freely. Use the catheter in such 

 cases night and morning, or the dog held up and pressure applied to each side in 

 the region of the bladder to expel its contents. As a preventive of bed sores 

 and congestion of one lung turn the dog over occasionally. 



is a case that was prescribed for by DENT: 

 "Please prescribe for my English setter dog, eight months old. La?,t November 

 I hunted him through the month, in December he lost the use of his hindlegs, and 

 in January seemed to lose the use of all four legs; appetite was good at all times, 

 eyes were bright, nose cold, seemed in perfect health except in his legs. I doctored 

 him a while for rheumatism but stopped about four weeks ago, and about one 

 week ago he seemed to get a little better. Can now use his front legs, can manage 

 to sit up and draw himself around with ,a half limp, the back legs being useless 

 now. Will he get well and is it rheumatism or is he paralyzed? Ans. Give a tea- 

 spoonful of the syrup of hypophosphites three times a day, also give one-half grain 

 of nux vomica twice a day. It is paralysis." 



The following is a case of Partial Paralysis, or congestion of the spinal cord, 

 prescribed for by DENT. You might have a similar case, so I give it: 



"My pointer dog, three years old, weight forty-five pounds, was taken sick la&'t 

 November in the field, let down in the back, has since grown worse, will now lie 

 around and at times cry from pain; he will crawl around on his front feet and 

 drag his hindquarters when first taken out of the kennel, then will gradually gel 

 up on his hind fee't and down on his fore feet, walking behind and crawling in 

 front, and in a few moments will get up on all four feet, but walks very stiffly 

 and only remains up for a short time until he goes down. Please name disease 

 and treatment. Ans. -Give your dog one-half grain of nux vomica, five drops o, 

 Fowler's Solution of Arsenic and a teaspoonful of Fellows' Syrup of the Hypo- 

 phosphites of Soda three times a day. The disease is a partial congestion of the 

 spinal cord." 



PARALYSIS IN BITCHES BEFORE PARTURITION. The following case i?, 

 I am glad to say, not common. Mr. Caswell, of England, furnishes this experience, 

 and I insert it as he gives it, as it may be beneficial in similar cases, should they 

 occur. It is probable that the extreme hot weather contributed to the develop 



