66 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
A common and apparently simple form of husk is fre- 
quently met with in dogs, particularly terriers, which I have 
generally attributed to the presence of worms in the 
stomach, and treatment accordingly has always removed it. 
GASTRITIS. 
Acute inflammation of the stomach is in the dog, com- 
paratively speaking, of rare occurrence. 
The mucous membrane lining the organ is generally alone 
involved in the inflammatory process, unless an exceptional 
cause arises, as the presence of some powerful irritant or 
corrosive matter. It will then be extended to the other 
coats. 
Acute Gastritis quickly runs its course. The terminations 
are resolution, suppuration, gangrene. 
Causes —Sudden cold to the mucous membrane of the 
stomach, when the body is heated ; a continued course of 
stimulating food ; the presence of acrid matters or irritating | 
poisons, as arsenic, antimony, corrosive sublimate, croton ott, 
turpentine, etc.; mechanical injuries from sharp substances ; 
external ‘violence, as kicks, blows, crushes, etc.; polypi 
tumours, calculi. 
Symptoms.— Vomiting is generally an early symptom in 
gastritis, and is prominent throughout the disease. The 
bowels are either obstinately constipated or relaxed. Con- 
siderable febrile disturbance is naturally present—the nose 
being hot and dry, breathing accelerated, pulse small and 
quick, mucous membranes injected, tongue hot and furred, 
and intense thirst. 
The animal usually lies flat on his side, or stretched out 
full length on the belly, on the coldest spot he is able to 
find. A moan or pitiful whine is given utterance to from 
time to time, and the expression of the face is indicative of 
pain. 
As the disease proceeds the countenance becomes exceed- 
