90 DOGS. 



Treatment. — A dose of castor-oil, a smart rubbing of 

 EUiman's over the loins. Two to eight drops of tinct. of 

 belladonna in milk every two hours. Diet to consist principally 

 of milk and light puddings. In severe cases the catheter has to 

 be passed. Keep the dog away from draughts and place him in 

 blankets. 



BLOOD DISEASES. 



Dogs are not very liable to blood poisoning although anthrax 

 is possible. The scavenging propensity of generations of dogs 

 innumerable, seems to have given the race a certain amount of 

 immunity. Obscure diseases without definite symptoms should 

 not be treated by the amateur but by a veterinary surgeon. 



Anaemia, op Poverty of the Blood, is a condition which 

 the intelligent amateur can easily recognise by the extreme pallor 

 of the visible membranes of the eye and mouth. 



Causes. — Insufficient food, digestive failure, and bad ventila- 

 tion, with inadequate play-ground in the case of pups, and with 

 bitches, exhaustion from suckling too many pups or for too long 

 a time. 



Stud dogs may be so much used as to bring about the same 

 condition. 



Treatment. — A mild aperient to carry off fermented ingesta. 

 Good nourishing food at regular intervals. Parrish's food 

 in teaspoonful doses, morning and night, after food. Beef 

 tea, broth, and nourishing liquids. Gentle exercise increased 

 daily. Dry, well-drained bed. For medicine, give from 

 one to six grains of saccharated carbonate of iron, night 

 and morning, as a powder on the tongue, or in the food if the 

 dog will take it. The general tone of the wasted muscles may 

 be improved by plenty of brushing and finally by hand rubbing 

 with a little EUiman's, which will act on the superficial nerves 

 and increase their nourishment. 



BROKEN BONES. 



Dogs are oftener the subjects of these accidents than any 

 other domestic animals. 



