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is dry and hot, the animal spirits are flagging ; there is a distressing cough, and 

 exercise is followed by an aggravation of the symptoms. 



The TREATMENT should be by giving nauseating doses of tartar emetic, 

 camphor, and henbane ; or of ipecacuanha with the two last, as follows : 



Ipecacuanha, f to If grains ; camphor, 1 to 2 grains ; extract of henbane, If 

 to 3 grains. Make into a pill, and give three times a day. 



A blister or seton may be applied to the side, and low diet in small bulk 

 should be given ; but there is little chance of doing more than to relieve a dog 

 labouring under this complaint. 



CONSUMPTION, OR PHTHISIS, is a disease of the lungs, in which a peculiar 

 condition, called tubercle, is developed in them ; and when aggravated by cold, or 

 often by the natural constitution of the dog, they become inflamed, are converted 

 into abscesses, and cause the death of the animal by constitutional fever (hectic), 

 and by the suffocation produced either by a vessel giving way, or by the quantity of 

 matter discharged into the air-passages. The symptoms are very insidious, and 

 many dogs have them developed to a great extent before their owners take any 

 notice of their condition. Very little good can be effected by treatment, but some- 

 times cod-liver oil, with steel, will be of temporary service. In sporting dogs, 

 however, it is seldom that it is desirable to prolong life with this condition of the 

 system ; and it is never right to breed from dogs or bitches suffering under this 

 disease, it being decidedly hereditary. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART is another of the diseased conditions which 

 attack the dog, generally from over-exertion in an unprepared state. There is 

 usually a very rapid action of the heart, with a strong bounding pulse, and 

 laborious breathing, unaccompanied by cough. 



The TREATMENT is to be conducted upon lowering principles, with digitalis and 

 nitre, and blistering or a seton in the side. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE OEGANS OF NUTEITION. 



GASTRITIS, or inflammation of the stomach, is either acute or chronic. Acute 

 gastritis is generally caused by poison administered wilfully, or by some similar 

 accidental circumstance, such as highly-seasoned food, &c. There is constant 

 violent retching, with intense thirst, and apparently great pain. The nose is dry, 

 and the breathing quick ; no kind of food is retained on the stomach ; and the poor 

 wretch lies extended on the cold earth with his belly applied closely to it. There is 

 a constant desire to lick cold marble or iron, so as to cool the tongue, and cold water 

 is eagerly sought after. 



The TREATMENT chiefly consists in removing the sickness, which is best accom- 

 plished by calomel and opium, 1 grain of each in a pill twice a day. 



HEPATITIS, or INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER, is one of the most common of all 

 diseases to which the dog is subject. In the acute form it is the disease which is 

 characterised by the yellow skin and eyes, commonly called " the yellows," which in 

 sporting dogs is very commonly fatal. Acute hepatitis comes on from exposure to 



