376 FEVERS, AND THEIR TREATMENT. 
considerable evidence of fever, but not of a very high’ character, 
the pulse being full but not very quick, with shivering and dul- 
ness, except when touched or threatened, the slightest approach 
causing a shriek, evidently from the fear of pain. The dog almost 
always retires into a corner, and is very reluctant to come out 
of it. On being forcibly brought out he snarls at the hand even 
of his best friend, and stands with his back up, evidently prepared 
to defend himself from the pat of the hand, which to him is anguish. 
The bowels are confined, and the urine high-coloured and scanty. 
The treatment consists in bleeding from the neck, to a moderate 
extent, if the dog is very gross and full of condition, then giving 
a smart dose of opening physic, (12) or (13). After this has acted. 
give the following pills :— 
Calomel. 
Purified opium, of each 1 grain. 
Powdered root of colchicum, 2 to 3 grains. 
Syrup, enough to make a pill. 
This is the dose for an average-sized dog. A hot bath will often 
be of service, taking care to dry the skin afterwards before the fire. 
Then follow up with a liberal friction by the aid of the liniment (43). 
Kennel lameness, or chest-founder, shows itself in a stiffness or 
soreness of the shoulders, so that the dog is unable to gallop 
freely downhill, and is often reluctant to jump off his bench to 
the ground, the shock giving pain to the muscles suspending the 
body to the shoulder-blades, which are affected with rheumatism. 
It is peculiarly prominent in the kennels of foxhounds, for these 
dogs, being exposed to wet and cold. for hours together, and 
then being sometimes brought home to a damp lodging-room, 
contract the disease with great frequency. Pampered house pets 
are also very liable to chest-founder, over-feeding being quite as 
likely to produce rheumatism as exposure to cold; and when both 
are united this state is almost sure to be established. When it 
becomes chronic there is little or no fever attendant on it, nor is 
there much in the recent state. After it has existed for some 
months it is generally considered to be incurable, but instances 
are known in which the stiffness has entirely disappeared. Chest- 
founder also arises from a sprain of the muscles, suspending the 
chest between the shoulders. 
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