DISEASES 106 



Here are a couple of cases that were prescribed for: "I have a dog, four years 

 old, that seems to be affected in a peculiar manner. He seems stiff all over his 

 body. On the slightest exertion he shows great pain, and by simply touching him 

 it seems to make him howl, and cry dreadfully. He has been showing this now 

 for a month or six weeks, and don't seem to be improving. Sometimes when he 

 eats it is almost impossible for him to move his head up or down. I should be 

 pleased to hear from you. Ans. Ytour dog has muscular rheumatism, and I 

 would sugest the following treatment: Give internally tincture colchicum in 15 

 drop doses three times daily. There have been a number of anti-rheumatic agents 

 recommended for affections of this kind, but so far some of them have not proved 

 to be of much benefit. Also, in connection with the above treatment it would be 

 well to use some stimulating embrocation, rubbing into the skin thoroughly with a 

 woolen cloth. This should be used once daily. Spirits of camphor might be tried, 

 or the aconite and camphor liniment prescribed by Dent. the poisonous one." 



"Please prescribe for a dog, one hundred and fifty pounds weight, that has a 

 bad case of rheumatism in the stifle joint, the third attack in the same joint., He 

 has had it now for several weeks and is just beginning to walk on that leg very 

 stiffly; cannot put it down when running. I am afraid the joint will be perma- 

 nently stiffened. Advise me as to treatment, exercise and feeding. Ans. Give ten 

 grains of the salicylate of soda and two grains of quinine three times a day, hand 

 rub the joint gently three times a day twenty minutes at a time; feed milk and 

 stale bread and a very little meat; keep in warm quarters and do not expose to the 

 weather; give walking exercise on pleasant days only." 



RIBS, FRACTURE OF. This injury, which is not uncommon in dogs, is 

 usually due to a kick. The symptoms are pain on manipulating the part, the 

 breathing is short, the ribs are more or less fixed, and crepitus can be heard if the 

 ear is applied to the ribs. The ribs should be bandaged rather tightly, to prevent 

 undue expansion of the chest walls, and this will generally effect a cure, if, how- 

 ever, the lungs are injured, then such complications as pneumonia or pleurisy may 

 arise. A mild aperient is always beneficial. 



RINGWORM. Dogs occasionally have this, due to a vegetable parasite. It it 

 a round, scaly patch, very contagious, and also due to dirty, damp kennels, but 

 could be communicated to the dog from a child who was playing with it. The best 

 treatment is a little of the ointment of. iodide of iron, well rubbed in twice a day, 

 prepared as follows: 1 dram or iodide of iron to 7 drams of spermaceti ointment; 

 mix. My Skin Cure will also cure this trouble. Another remedy is yellow oxide 

 of mercury, 15 grains, and benzoated lard, 1 ounce. Another is oleate of copper 

 one part to lard four parts, which will cure it up. 



RICKETS. DALZIKL says of RICKETS: 



' Pups, the offspring of an enfeebled dam yielding an insufficient supply ol 

 milk, and that of poor quality, or those that are, from any cause, ill fed and neg 

 lected or kept in close, ill-ventilated places, without a chance of fresh air anq^ 

 needful exercise, suffer from mis-shapen limbs, thick joints and other deformities 

 caused by the bones being imperfectly developed, the food, and other conditions or 

 which the pup is reared, not yielding the constituents necessary to give them thr 

 required hardness to enable them to perform their proper functions. This stat< 

 is known as rickets, and the cause being plain, the treatment is evident. Contin 

 r.ous in-and-in breeding is one cause of rickets. 



