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tender abdomen; constant violent pain, sometimes causing the dog to throw 
himself violently down, howl, spring up, walk about, and again throw him- 
self; these violent actions continue until relief is given, or, in fatal cases, 
subside just before death. There is no appetite, but constant thirst, and 
constipation followed by loose, bloody evacuations. 
TREATMENT.—Apply fomentations of hot water to the abdomen un- 
til the symptoms abate. Allow the dog to lap cold water. After the se- 
vere symptoms subside, give milk and broth, but no solid food until re- 
covery isestablished. The remedies are named under Enteritis in the Horse, 
DYSENTERY. 
Dysentery is caused by exposure to cold, bad food, damp lodgings, 
worms, stagnant water for the drink. The symptoms are shivering at firsts, 
hot skin; quick, small pulse; short, hurried breathing; vomiting; the dog 
turns his head to his flanks, the body being tucked up and the loins arched; 
afterward, loose bowels, with almost constant straining to empty them, re- 
sulting in watery evacuations containing blood and lumps. 
TREATMENT.—Give mercurius corrosivus if the evacuations are 
bloody, with great straining before and after tnem. Arsenicum is needed 
for constant thirst, great weakness, with trembling of the limbs when 
lying down, and very offensive evacuations; hamamelis, for black evacua- 
tions followed by much bleeding. Sulphur often effects a cure after other 
remedies have failed. Keep the bed warm and dry and feed a cold diet, as. 
milk, rice and milk, and the like, but no solid food before recovery. Mut- 
ton-broth will often alone effect a cure, without resort to any medicines. 
COLIC.—GRIPES. 
Colic, or spasm of the intestines, is caused by cold, constipation, bad 
diet, worms, and, in puppies, by disordered milk of the mother. It is. 
marked by fitful pains, the dog turning, rolling and moaning, such spells 
being followed by perfect ease. 
TREATMENT.—Nux vomica is needed for constipation and short 
spasms. Relief will often be afforded by injections of warm water; also 
by applying to the belly pieces of flannel wrung out in hot water. 
CONSTIPATION. 
This is caused by improper food, want of exercise, and deficient secre- 
tion of digestive fluids. Itis both a symptom of many diseases and leads to 
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