4S0 GENERAL THERAPEUTIC MEASCKES 



DAILY RATION FOB DOG WEIGHING 115 LB3. 



Cooked oatmeal 3 lbs. 



Fat % lb. 



SAME LATEK. 



Oatmeal 1 lb. 



Flesh meal Vz lb. 



Fat Vi lb. 



Salt 1 teaspoonful. 



DAILY RATION FOE FAT SETTEE OF POINTER. 



Lean meat 1^/^ lbs. 



Bread IV2 lbs. 



Fat 3 oz. 



Animals suffering from fatty degenerative changes do not stand such 

 a rigid diet as the foregoing. These animals are affected wit"h a weak 

 heart due to fatty degeneration of the myocardium, with atrophy of its 

 muscular fibres. They have dyspnea on exertion. The cardiac insuffi- 

 ciency leads, in its turn, to secondary troubles, as catarrh of the digestive 

 and respiratory organs, and disorder of the liver and kidneys, following 

 general passive congestion. The treatment should be directed in such 

 cases to lessening the amount of blood and the work put upon the heart, 

 by limiting the ingestion of water, and by strengthening the heart. with 

 appropriate stimulants. The activity of the skin should be excited by 

 frequent grooming and the use of diaphoretics, while the activity of the 

 kidneys should be enhanced by the employment of diuretics. We are pre- 

 vented from feeding an exclusively nitrogenous diet in these cases, as'the 

 oxidizing power of the blood is not sufficient to decompose it, neither is 

 it safe or advisable to quickly remove the fat, as cardiac failure might 

 ensue. Small quantities of water are allowed, given two hours after 

 feeding. The general ration should be rich in proteids and also contain 

 a moderate amount of fat and carbohydrates. 



ARTIFICIAL FEEDING. 



Artificial feeding consists in the introduction of food into the body 

 other than in the ordinary way by the mouth. Rectal feeding is the only 

 procedure of much value. The agents employed must be bland, and 

 capable of easy absorption and assimilation. If the food is at all irri- 

 tating, tenesmus and ejection quickly occur. From two to four ounces of 

 liquid nourishment may be given to small or medium-sized dogs; from 

 four to eight ounces to large dogs. One quart may be employed for 

 horses. The nutrient enema should be introduced into the bowel through 

 a flexible rubber tube carried up into the colon. An hour before the enema 

 is given the bowel is to be washed out thoroughly with cold water. The 

 nutrient injection should not be given oftener than once in six hours, and 

 if the bowel is irritable, not oftener than once in twelve hours. The 

 absorptive power of the rectum is slight, but that of the colon is consider- 

 ably greater. Predigested food is most valuable. Leube's Beef Peptone 

 may be used. A bullock's pancreas is finely chopped and rubbed up with 

 eight ounces of glycerin. This extract will keep fresh several weeks in 

 a cold place. To one-third of the extract are added fiye ounces of finely 



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