go The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
Treatment.—In the early stage local bleeding is exceed- 
ingly beneficial, the hair over the affected region should be 
shaved closely off and leeches applied, after which a hot 
linseed-meal poultice may be bound over the part. 
With regard to medicinal agents—mild saline doses at 
the onset, as a drachm each of sulphate of magnesia and 
bicarbonate of soda, repeated for three days, and then fol- 
lowed by vegetable tonics, form the best internal treatment 
that I am aware of. Stimulants are rarely, if ever, admis- 
sible. 
When the acute symptoms have abated, nourishing but un- 
stimulating food may be allowed, with daily quiet exercise. 
CHRONIC WEPATITIS 
may, as I have observed, be a sequel of the former, or be 
associated with other diseases, or it may be created by 
some specific disease within its own structure. 
It is, however, more generally brought about from long- 
continued injudicious feeding and denial of exercise, and is 
more frequently seen in the smaller breeds, particularly toy 
terriers. 
Symptoms.—These are, to a considerable extent, a modi- 
fied type of those existing in acute hepatitis. The size of 
the liver may be increased or decreased—more frequently 
the former, the enlargement being hard and more or less 
insensible to pain on pressure. The animal has an habitual 
jaundiced appearance, and is usually languid and dejected. 
Treatment.—The treatment of chronic hepatitis may be 
more extended than when it is acute. Counter-irritation 
is decidedly indicated, and is certainly beneficial. I 
am of opinion that strong iodine liniment applied with 
a brush, after first removing the hair, is the best 
agent for this purpose, and more in accordance with 
the nature of a glandular disease. Calomel may 
also be administered with benefit in one-grain doses, 
combined with ten grains of rhubarb or a scruple of aloes 
every other day. Intermediate doses of dilute nitric acid, 
