88 DOGS 



charging a thin matter. The food of dogs suffering from 

 this complaiiit should be constantly varied. No meat ; but 

 plenty of gravy, oatmeal, vegetables, rice, and biscuits. 

 The dog should have plenty of exercise, and have a little 

 cooling alterative medicine. 



Nasal Gleet 



This is the result of a cold, and the symptoms are a 

 discharge from the nose, which is sometimes tinged with 

 blood. The dogs should be kept warm, but not too hot, 

 and, if an out-door dog, take it into the house and give 

 it a good bed. The nostrils should be bathed with 

 warm water three or four times a day, and syringed with 

 a vei'ij little Condy's fluid in warm water, which should 

 be done immediately after bathing, and then a little cod- 

 liver oil administered. 



Obesity 



Blenheim spaniels are very subject to over-fatness of 

 the heart. They should have spare, but nutritioiis, food. 



Ophthalmia 



When this disease arises simply from a cold, the white 

 of the eye appears bloodshot and swollen ; sometimes an 

 ulcer appears and will eat through the cornea, and then it 

 is called strumonrf ophthalmia ; and there is also rheumatic 

 ophthalmia, which has no discharge, but the pain is very 

 great. For simple ophthalmia give a good teaspoonful of 

 castor oil, and bathe the eyes three times a day for a week 

 with poppy-head tea, applied warm and with a sponge, 

 and a pill night and morning made of 20 grs. sulphate 

 of iron, 20 grs. powdered ginger, 20 grs. extract of 

 gentian, and 10 grs. of quinine, and coat with tasteless 

 varnish ; make into 20 pills ; and feed on nourishing food, 

 with some greens chopped up in it. At the end of a 

 fortnight leave off the poppy-head tea and bathe three 

 times a day with this lotion : 3 oz. rose-water, 1 dr. of 



