394 INFLAMMATIONS, | 
Chronic gastritis is only another name for one of the forms of 
dyspepsia, for the symptoms and treatment of which see p. 421. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER (Hxpatitis, on YELLOWS). 
This is one of the most common of the diseases to which sporting 
dogs are subject, in consequence of the exposure to cold and wet 
which they are subjected to, producing congestion of the liver, and 
this going on to inflammation. Dogs deprived of exercise lao con- 
tract it, because their livers first becoming torpid the bile accumu- 
lates, and then, in order to get rid of it, nature establishes an 
action which ends in inflammation. The symptoms are a yellow 
state of the white of the eye and skin generally, from which the 
disease is commonly called ‘the yellows.” 
Acute hepatitis comes on rapidly, and with a good deal of fever, 
generally showing itself on the day after a long exposure to wet 
and cold, as in shooting or hunting. The dog shivers, his nose 1s 
hot, his breathing is slightly quicker than usu, and his pulse 
quick, small and wiry. The bowels are confined, and when moved 
the motions are clay-coloured or slaty. If these symptoms are not 
soon relieved the case ends fatally, sickness coming on and the 
strength being rapidly exhausted. The treatment should be, first, 
a considerable abstraction of blood; then give the bolus (13); and 
as soon as it has acted rub on to the right side, over the liver, 
the embrocation (42) or (43); and at the same time give calomel 
and opium, of each a grain in a pill, every four hours, taking care 
to keep the bowels open by the bolus (13), or by castor oil (15). As 
soon as the proper colour returns to the motions the calomel may be 
entirely or partially discontinued, substituting small doses of rhubarb 
and ipecacuanha. An emetic in the early stage (45) will some- 
times act like a charm, unloading the liver, and thus at once cutting 
short the congestion, but when inflammation has set in actively it is 
worse than useless, inasmuch as it aggravates the disease tenfold, 
Chronic hepatitis is more frequently caused by improper food 
than exposure, and is very different in its symptoms from the acute 
form. Whenever the faces are pale, or dark, or slate-coloured, 
the approach of this disease may be suspected, and appropriate - 
treatment should be commenced; but it is not until the liver is 
