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of cold water, which it is necessary to use in such cases to reduce the temper- 
ature of the body. Therefore, for the general bath, tepid water must first be 
employed. In this the dog should be laid or stood, and sponged until his coat 
is thoroughly wet; after which he may be drenched. In the meantime an 
assistant should be sponging his head with water just a little colder than that 
in the tub. 
By judiciously adding at first cold water and finally ice, the temperature of 
both the water in the tub and that used on the head can be gradually and quite 
rapidly lowered without causing shock or exciting the patient, until the former 
is as cold as it comes from the well, and the latter is ice-water; by which time 
the heat of the body will be greatly reduced, and the bath likely have occupied 
about twenty minutes. 
There is some danger of crossing the line and chilling the patient, therefore 
the bathing should soon cease after the waters have been cooled as advised ; 
and if the work has not been well done and the fever properly controlled, it may 
be repeated in the course of fifteen or twenty minutes. 
If one is far away from home with his dog and heatstroke threatened, he 
should disregard the chances of shock and plunge him into the nearest water- 
ing-trough or pond, or pump cold water first on his head and afterward over 
his entire body. In no case should there be any delay, since the danger is 
great. If the dog becomes convulsed, the same treatment should be employed; 
and if the fit does not speedily pass off, injections of the hydrate of chloral 
should be administered, as advised in attacks of convulsions. 
That some modifications in the feeding of dogs are imperative during hot 
weather it ought not to be necessary to urge. They should be given only such 
quantities of food as are necessary to keep them healthy and strong. Meat is 
very stimulating, and should be fed sparingly in summer; while well-cooked 
vegetables, in puddings made of the different meals, are recommended as ad- 
mirable substitutes. 
To dogs that are out of condition because of being too fat should occa- 
sionally be given a small or laxative dose of magnesia, Epsom salts, syrup of 
buckthorn, or something of the sort ; also a cold shower or full bath each day. 
Manifestly a requirement of infinite importance at all times, and especially 
in hot weather, is fresh, cold drinking-water ; and he who furnishes his kennels 
with an abundant supply is not likely to have much experience in sunstroke. 
