98 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



the jaundice of the dog, recommends repeated bleedings at 

 the commencement, manna, sulphate of magnesia, enemas, 

 with the addition of starch and laudanum ; if diarrhoea is 

 present, disacordium, half a drachm. He insists on hygienic 

 means ; panades with the addition of butter, for which broth 

 is to be substituted afterwards ; clean, warm, dry quarters 

 ■etc. 



" Hurtrel d'Arboval, inspired by the writings of M. U. 

 Leblanc, also recommends bleeding at the onset, mucila- 

 ginous drinks, with nitre, emollient enemas, etc. 



"M. Prudhomme says that the treatment of jaundice in 

 the dog does not often succeed, as it is one of the most 

 fatal maladies of the canine species. He has, however, ob- 

 tained some favourable results from small repeated bleed- 

 ings, whey drinks, mucilage from decoction of linseed, or 

 carrots and barley, to which were added a few grammes of 

 cream of tartar, enemas, with starch and opium. 



" Professor Hertwig, of Berlin, employs emetics, slight 

 purges, as, for example, calomel with honey, or cream ot 

 tartar, friction on the abdomen, with ammoniacal liniment. 



"M. C. Leblanc recommends baths with bran-water, 

 leeches on the abdomen, emollient enemas, sulphate of soda 

 {if constipated), mustard on the chest and feet. He adds 

 that if an improvement does not speedily set in, death is 

 certain. 



" M. Lafosse advises the same means as those directed by 

 M. C. Leblanc, the decoction of carrots and cream of tartar; 

 if extreme debility sets in, to have recourse to quinine wine. 



" The author says he has tried all the remedies suggested, 

 and despairing of the results asks himself the question 

 whether an agent could not be found which has a special 

 action on the liver and the biliary system powerful enough 

 to combat this terrible malady. Another question was 

 whether the icteric colour depended really on bile being 

 mixed with the blood in jaundice, as has been asserted, or 



