68 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
Constipation is most safely overcome with ‘tepid water 
enemas. The return to solid food should be’ gradual, and 
that which is given easy of digestion and plain. 
Chronic or Sub-acute Gastritis is much more frequently 
met with in dogs than the former. 
Causes—Protracted dyspepsia, constipation, unwhole- 
some and indigestible food, or it may be a sequel to acute 
gastritis. z 
Symptoms.—Tenderness over the region of the stomach, 
frequent eructations, vomiting after meals, furred tongue, 
bowels. usually constipated, and often there is a dry 
cough. 
Treatment.— Bicarbonate of soda and charcoal as advised 
in indigestion, an occasional aperient of aloes and 
rhubarb, with the same description of food named in the 
preceding form of the disease, are the measures to be 
adopted. 
INVERSION OF THE STOMACH. 
This is of rare occurrence in the dog, perhaps more so 
than might be expected, considering the frequency of and 
susceptibility to vomiting. ; 
From the“ Abstract of the Proceedings of the Veterinary 
Medical Assoctation for 1838-9.” 
“Mr. Ainslie laid before the Association a singular 
specimen of inversion of the stomach in the dog. The 
the tenderness of the stomach is more due tothe extent and severity of 
these lesions than to the exalted impressibility of the nervous system, 
the diet must often be exceedingly rigid, being limited to some of the 
most bland and soft or liquid articles of food, such as milk, arrowroot, 
gruel or beef-tea, which can sometimes only be tolerated when given in 
the smallest quantities at a time, such as a tablespoonful or a teaspoon- 
ful. In cases in which acidity prevails, one-third part of lime-water is 
advantageously added. When these small quantities are given, they 
must be repeated every ten or twenty minutes with occasional longer 
intervals, and if insufficient to support the patient, injections of good 
beef-tea, in addition, be thrown into the rectum.” 
