270 DOGS : THEIR MAKAGBMENT. 



swallow must be forced upon it, and perhaps the stone 

 may come away when this is vomited. Every effort must 

 be used to cause the substance to be ejected before it has 

 reached the bowels, since if it enters these, the doom is 

 sealed. However, should such be the case, the most vio- 

 lent and potent antispasmodics may be tried ; and under 

 their influence I have known comparatively large bodies 

 to pass. No attempt must be made to quicken the passage 

 by moulding or kneading the belly ; much less must any 

 effort be used intended to push the substance onward. 

 The convolutions of the alimentary track are numerous, 

 and the bowels are not stationary ; therefore we have no 

 certainty, even if the violence should do no injury, that 

 our interference would be properly directed. Hope must 

 depend upon antispasmodics ; while every measure is 

 taken to anticipate the irritation which is almost certain 

 to follow. 



Stoppage may be caused by other things besides 

 stones. Corks, pins, nails, skewers, sharp pieces of bone, 

 particularly portions of game and poultry bones, have 

 produced death ; and this fact will serve to enforce the 

 warning which was given in the earlier portion of this 

 work. 



PARALYSIS OF THE HIND EXTREMITIES. 



It appears odd to speak of such an affliction as loss of 

 all motor power in the hind extremities, connected with 

 deranged bowels. What can the stomach have to do 

 with the legs ? Why, all and everything. That which 



