386 KENNEL DISEASES. 
disturbance within, the same as a rule beginning with a chill, as shown by 
shivering, and occurring a little before the eruption appeared. Then follow 
fever and its associate manifestations, as rapid pulse, thirst, restlessness, etc. ; 
and in very severe cases there is delirium, also great prostration of all the vital 
forces, as in typhoid fever. 
Erysipelas in the dog must always be considered a very grave disease; 
and recovery can rightly be expected only in a small proportion of cases. 
It is contagious as well as infectious, and can be conveyed from one to 
another. Therefore all victims ot it should be isolated. Furthermore, care- 
takers should keep in mind the fact that they are in danger of ‘‘ taking” it from 
their patients; hence should be in actual contact no oftener than absolutely 
necessary. They should also use freely on their hands a disinfecting solution 
of corrosive sublimate, of the strength, 1 part in 5000 parts of water. 
One of the best local applications is the following : 
Dilute acetic acid, two drachms; solution of the subacetate of lead, two 
ounces; tincture of opium, three ounces; water, sufficient to make this mix- 
ture one pint. 
The affected parts should be kept well moistened with this. 
An excellent application, the use of which necessitates only occasional 
attendance, may be made by dissolving twenty grains of aristol in one ounce 
of collodion. This should be applied freely to the inflamed area, and a little 
beyond it, with a large camel’s-hair brush; and be renewed as often as it 
scales off. 
Internal treatment is always essential. If the patient be unusually full 
blooded he should be given a cooling medicine, as magnesia or Epsom salts. 
If of medium or largest size and in fair health when attacked, fifteen drops 
of the tincture of the chloride of iron, well diluted with water, should be given 
him every three or four hours; while ten drops for fox terriers and the like, 
and six drops for toys, would be right. 
If he shows signs of failing rapidly, brandy is indicated. 
From the first the diet should be generous and highly nutritious, and con- 
sist of beef-tea, milk, raw eggs and scraped raw beef. 
After the third day, quinine in two grain doses, four times daily, should be 
added to the treatment. 
When the disease has subsided the oxide of zinc ointment may be substi- 
tuted for the lead wash. 
In event abscesses or sloughing occur, appropriate treatment must be, of 
course, applied. 
In some cases vomiting is persistent during the early stage, and in such, 
the tonics must be stopped for a time and the subnitrate of bismuth substi- 
tuted, the dose being ten grains every two hours. The diet should also be 
reduced to milk and lime water or the whites of eggs. 
