174 ^'^^ Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



large doses of quinine. Carbolic and salicylic acids are now 

 most in repute, and are given in small but frequent doses. 



" If there is a tendency to constipation, a purgative may 

 be administered ; indeed, unless special circumstances 

 forbid it, a purgative may prove most serviceable in assist- 

 ing in the removal of the septic matter through the intes- 

 tinal canal. Dogs which have been poisoned by this matter 

 often recover after profuse and foetid diarrhoea ; and a 

 purgative generally reduces the temperature. 



"In acute cases, in order to obtain the more prompt 

 action of antiseptics, it has been proposed to introduce 

 them directly into the circulation by intravenous injection. 

 Solutions of carbolic acid and iodine have been employed 

 successfully ; and in woman a desperate case has recovered 

 after the intravenous injection of liquor ammonise (i to 3). 



" As a last resource, and to substitute healthy for 

 poisoned blood, transfusion had also been practised in 

 woman, and with good results. The experiment is worth 

 trying in the parturient fever of animals. 



" With regard to the diminution of temperature, quinine 

 has been highly lauded. Bleeding is certainly not to be 

 recommended. If the temperature continuously remains 

 very high, then the application of cold water to the surface 

 of the body is indicated.^ The cold water may be applied 

 to the larger animals by means of cold wet sheets, wrapped 

 round the body, and kept cold for an hour or. two at a 

 time by pouring on water at intervals, by means of a small 

 vessel. Smaller animals may be put in a gradually-cooled 

 bath. 



" The skin must be well-dried after the application of 

 the cold water, and with the larger animals a dry blanket 

 should be thrown over the body. The stable (or kennel) 

 must be kept scrupulously clean and well ventilated. 

 Tonics and good food must be allowed when recovery is 

 taking place, and the sequelce oi \!a.^. disease treated accord- 

 ing to their indications." 



