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Nor does he come when called ; and if found, his manner indicates that he is 
resentful because something effectual has not been done to lessen his suffer- 
ings. 
A difference in manner is generally the evidence first noted in a painful 
attack. This may not be very pronounced, and scarcely more than a restless- 
ness, the animal lying down for a moment, then getting up and walking about 
his enclosure, and again down, but soon to return to his feet. 
Once attention is attracted to him, by patient watching the pain can generally 
be located, and with certainty, because the parts as a rule are highly sensitive, 
and the sufferer shrinks and perhaps cries under pressure of the hand. 
Manifestly, to bring relief as speedily as possible is the first object of treat- 
ment. Here the sympathetic master is confronted with the fact that he cannot 
rely on opiates as he could were he, himself, the sufferer, because they act very 
differently on dogs, and he might be destroyed by a dose that would not have any 
appreciable effect on his dog. 
Local applications should first be faithfully tried, and consist of hot water, 
hot rum, or alcohol. 
Strangely where these have failed, relief has been obtained in some cases by 
the application of ice. 
When the affected nerve lays very near the surface, menthol will often quickly 
dull the pain. It should be in solution with alcohol, the proportion being men- 
thol, one drachm; alcohol, one ounce. With this the painful spot should be 
thoroughly wet, and then covered with a cloth to prevent evaporation. 
The following liniment is quite a powerful anodyne: 
Oil of cajuput, one ounce; spirit of camphor, one ounce; spirit of ammonia, 
six drachms ; alcohol, one ounce; chloroform, one ounce. 
The coat on the affected spot should be drenched with this, and covered with 
a dry flannel. 
Another less expensive liniment, having the same effect and to be used like- 
wise, is the following : 
Chloral hydrate, one drachm; soap liniment, four ounces. 
The tincture of aconite is a powerful anodyne; but it must be used with 
exceeding care. When the pain is limited to a small spot, this tincture may be 
rubbed into the skin by means of a little swab made of cotton. 
An ointment composed of veratrine, ten grains, and lard, one ounce, when 
rubbed upon the skin over an affected nerve will often relieve pain in it in the 
course of ten minutes. Like aconite, however, it is a poison and must be used 
carefully. 
As for opium and its products, one of them should be tried if all local 
measures have failed; but still they are likely to prove disappointing. If mor- 
phine is used and the dog is of medium or large sized breed, the dose should be 
not less than one-quarter of a grain, and repeated every hour until relief is 
