162 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. Please prescribe for my pointer bitch, six 

 years of age, which has every symptom of inflammation of the lungs. I gave her 

 a large dose of oil, which she threw up without any action. After taking her 

 temperature (104) I gave her an injection of soap suds and she passed a stool 

 that was hard and showed evidences of fever. I then gave her two grains of 

 calomel and am now giving her one drop of aconite every hour 'to reduce the 

 temperature. She breathes very hard and staggers and runs sidewise when in 

 motion, and saliva runs coiistaittly from her mouth. Gave a feed of soft bread 

 with a few scraps of beef chopped into it. 



Answer. Give her two grains of quinine every three or four hours and use 

 small doses of stimulants, such as a teaspoonful of brandy, four or five times a 

 day; keep up her appetite by chopped raw beef and gelatin, beef broths, etc. 

 (See LUNGS, INFLAMMATION OF.) 



CHRONIC CONSTIPATION. English setter, age seven and one-half years, weight 

 fifty-two pounds, has been constipated for a long time; it is almost impossible for 

 him to make a stool; in doing so he slides all over the street without accom 

 plishing much, and when successful the stool is very hard. I have been reliev- 

 ing him occasionally by doses of physic. I saw slight traces of blood in his stool 

 on November 12. He is a ravenous eater and hunts well all day. Please prescribe. 



Answer. Feed him largely on oatmeal and cornmeal; give occasional dore > 

 of castor oil, and three times a day give fifteen grains of the hyposulphite of soda 

 and one-fourth grain of nux vomica. (See CONSTIPATION.) 



CHOREA. Diagnose and prescribe for an English setter, weight fifty pounds, 

 aged three years, who had chorea. It is chronic and confined to one side of his 

 head; that is, to the brain on one side of the center of his head; there is a decided 

 and noticeable rise and fall on the affected side of 'the skull, but nowhere else in 

 his body. I have tried mild remedies, and at times have reduced the disease, 

 but on stopping the medicine the trouble would commence. Kindly prescribe 

 something powerful that will strike at the root of the disease. 



Answer. Give internally the following: Fluid extract of nux vomica thirty 

 drops, fluid extract ergot two and one-half drams, iodide of .potash one dram, 

 water to make two ounces; give a teaspoonful twice a day for four days, then 

 three times a day for two weeks. (See CHOREA.) 



ANTIDOTE FOR STRYCHNINE. I noticed in a recent issue the query. What is 

 best to carry to antidote strychnine poison, when shooting. I have saved many 

 dogs in the field and in different sections where I have lived by mother tincture 

 belladonna. 



Get the green root or mother tincture at any homeopathic pharmacy, and if 

 the dog has had but one spasm, ten to fifteen drops poured down its throat will 

 antidote the poison; if not, repeat every fifteen minutes. When the dog has had 

 the poison down long enough to cause paralysis, and is unable to swallow, a 

 syringe can be used per rectum twenty to thirty drops; and seldom does one 

 have to use but two doses, either by mouth or rectum. 



I have saved dogs when given up by veterinary surgeons, and I believe any 

 dog can be saved so long as there is circulation enough to take up the antidote. 

 (See also POISONING.) 



BREAKING DOG TO COLLAR AND CHAIN. The sooner a young dog is taught to 

 go in a collar and lead the better. It is best to begin when the puppy is three 

 or four months old, first by letting it wear a collar for a week or two, then tie a 



