64 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
nal irregularity, pains resembling those of colic, large 
appetite, more or less emaciation. Occasionally cerebral 
symptoms are also manifest. (See “ Epilepsy.”) 
The worms usually present are the ascaris marginata, or 
margined round worm. 
For further particulars, see chapter on “Internal Para- 
sites.” : 
Treatment.—I have generally found ol. terebinth., from a 
teaspoonful upwards, in proportion to the size of the dog, 
mixed with plain or castor oil—if with the former, then 
followed by the latter—to be effective. The dose may be 
repeated in three days, if necessary. 
HUSK. 
Dogs are frequently affected with gastric catarrh, or what 
is commonly called “usk. It is sometimes associated with 
distemper, but it more frequently exists as an independent 
affection, the result of severe indigestion or exposure to 
damp and cold. 
Symptoms.—Like other catarrhal diseases, there is in- 
creased secretion of mucus, with more or less congestion 
of its membrane lining the stomach, attended with the 
usual febrile symptoms. Nose hot and dry ; injection of 
the visible mucous membranes, particularly the con- 
junctiva ; furred tongue; increased pulse and respiration ; 
abdominal pain, with retching, vomiting, and constipation. 
A dry husky cough (hence the term) is usually present, 
and is accompanied, as the malady proceeds, by a frothy, 
tenacious expectoration, which the animal struggles to free 
itself from. Unless checked, the catarrh extends to the 
intestines, giving rise to aviolent form of diarrhcea, followed 
by rapid emaciation and death. 
Treatment.—The affection generally yields soonest to 
