84 DOGS 



Inflammation of the Lungs 



Symptoms : a bad, liarsli cough, running at the nose 

 and eyes, and the dog very quiet and without appetite. 



The dog should be kept warm, but'in a well-ventilated 

 atmosphere. If the dog pants much, dip a flannel in boil- 

 ing water, and, after wringing it out, shake 6 drops of 

 turpentine on it and place on tlie chest, and cover over 

 with another hot flannel ; or a good linseed and mustard 

 poultice may be applied till the panting is over. Give 

 plenty of beef-tea and meat-jelly ; also a teaspoonful of cod- 

 liver oil three times a day. The following prescription 

 was given me when I had a sick dog, and which I found 

 very effective — viz., 1 dr. of tincture of opium, 1 dr. of 

 ipecacuanha wine, 1-^ dr. of chlorate of potash, ^ dr. of 

 oxymel of squills, ^ oz. of glycerine, ^ oz. of liquid honey, 

 and 6 drops of terebene, well mixed, and administered 

 three times a day. As the dog recovers, give tonic pills, 

 1 gr. quinine in bread, made up as small as possible, ' and 

 coated over with tasteless varnish, and administer one in 

 cod-liver oil twice a day, which should be continued for a 

 fortnight. 



Livep 



If a dog suffers from sluggish liver, a table-spoonful of 

 equal parts of syrup of buckthorn and castor oil once 

 weekly for three weoks ; add a pinch of bicarbonate of 

 potash to the food for three days, discontinue for two 

 days, and resume it once a day for three more days, and if 

 there is not k decided improvement, then give an ordinary 

 podophyllin pill at the end of three weeks. If the dog is 

 constipated, give sloppy food and vegetables cut up in it. 



Mange 



In tliis disease dogs require great care, and in serious 

 cases a veterinary surgeon should always be consulted. 

 ' It is so customary to call every affection of the skin 



