1 6 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



sorted to. Impaction of faeces can best be removed by means 

 of plain enemas. 



The diet must be nourishing and easy of digestion, as 

 broth, beef-tea, gruel, or milk. For che.st complications, refer 

 to treatment under their respective heads. 



LARYNGITIS. 



Inflammation of the larynx, the upper rtf- vocal part of 

 the windpipe, is an affection very commonly met with in 

 canine practice. Highly-pampered dogs, particularly pugs 

 and yard dogs with deficient shelter, are most liable to 

 laryngitis. I have also observed what may be designated a 

 temporary or simple form of it, in sheep-dogs when gathering 

 flocks together, and the same is not uncommon at and after 

 dog-shows, due to incessant barking. 



Predisposing .Causes.— Yx&f^&rA and long-continued bark- 

 ing ; a previous attack of the same disease. 



Exciting Causes. — Exposure to wet and cold, the presence 

 of foreign matter, injuries, irritating inhalations, or extension 

 of neighboring inflammation. 



Symptoms. — Hoarseness, cough easily induced by external 

 pressure, increased respiration and salivary secretion, frothy 

 discharge from the nostrils, difficulty in swallowing, and 

 pyrexia, pulse small, hard and frequent. These symptoms, 

 if not checked, rapidly increase, and the patient dies from 

 suffocation. 



Treatment*— Oi course removal of the cause is primarily 



"^ [(Bsterreichische Viertdjahresschrift, 1873.) Harms injected 0-07 

 grammes of morphine hydrochlorate, in solution, beneath the s an of a 

 dog which had been suffering from a dry laryngeal cough for four weeks. 

 For two hours after the injection, the animal exhibited every symptomvof 

 complete narcot.sm, with total loss of consciousness and sensibility. In 

 the course o£ eight hours it manifested sensibility when pricked lith a 

 pm, and could raise itself on its four limbs. In twenty-four hours h was 

 able to stagger into its kennel, blit it had no appetite. In two days and a 



