328 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



On the next day begin with a mixture such as the following : Solution 

 of acetate of ammonia, 30 drops to 120 ; sweet spirits of nitre, 15 drops 

 to 60 ; salicylate of soda, 2 grains to 10. Thrice daily in a little camphor 

 water. 



If the cough be very troublesome and the fever does not run very 

 high, the following may be substituted for this on the second or third 

 day : Syrup of squills, 10 drops to 60 ; tincture of henbane, 10 drops 

 to 60 ; sweet spirits of nitre, 10 drops to 60, in camphor water. 



A few drops of dilute hydrochloric acid should be added to the dog's 

 drink, and two teaspoonfuls (to a quart of water) of the chlorate of 

 potash. This makes an excellent fever drink, especially if the dog 

 can be got to take decoction of barley barley-water instead of plain 

 cold water, best made of Keen and Robinson's patent barley. 



If there be persistent sickness and vomiting, the medicine must 

 be stopped for a time. Small boluses of ice frequently administered 

 will do much good, and doses of dilute prussic acid, from one to four 

 drops in a little water, will generally arrest the vomiting. 



If constipation be present, we must use no rough remedies to get 

 rid of it. A little raw meat cut into small pieces minced, in fact 

 or a small portion of raw liver, may be given if there be little fever ; 

 if there be fever, we are to trust for a time to injections of plain soap- 

 and- water. Diarrhoea, although often a troublesome symptom, is, 

 it must be remembered, a salutary one. Unless, therefore, it becomes 

 excessive, do not interfere ; if it does, give the simple chalk mixture 

 three times a day, but no longer than is needful. 



The discharge from the mouth and nose is to be wiped away with a 

 soft rag or, better still, some tow, which is afterwards to be burned 

 wetted with a weak solution of carbolic. The forehead, eyes, and nose 

 may be fomented two or three times a day with moderately hot water 

 with great advantage. 



It is not judicious to wet a long-haired dog much, but a short-haired one 

 may have the chest and throat well fomented several times a day, and 

 well rubbed dry afterwards. Heat applied to the chests of long-haired 

 dogs by means of a flat iron will also effect good. 



The following is an excellent tonic : Sulphate of quinine, i to 3 grains ; 

 powdered rhubarb, 2 to 10 grains ; extract of taraxacum, 3 to 20 

 grains ; make a bolus. Thrice daily. 



During convalescence good food, Virol, Spratts' invalid food and 

 invalid biscuit, moderate exercise, fresh air, and protection from cold. 

 These, with an occasional mild dose of castor oil or rhubarb, are to be 

 our sheet-anchors. I find no better tonic than the tablets of Phos- 

 ferine. One quarter of a tablet thrice daily, rolled in tissue paper, for 

 a Toy dog, up to two tablets for a dog of Mastiff size. 



BRONCHITIS. 



Dogs that have been exposed to wet, or that have been put to lie in 

 a damp or draughty kennel with insufficient food, are not less liable 

 than their masters to catch a severe cold, which, if not promptly 

 attended to, may extend downward to the lining membranes of bronchi 

 or lungs. In such cases there is always symptoms more or less of fever, 

 with fits of shivering and thirst, accompanied with dullness, a tired appear- 



