40 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



proportion to the size of the animal, with cod-liver oil, fotms 

 the best, and, I have found, the most successful medicinal 

 treatment. 



Mild continued counter-irritation to the sides of the chest 

 is also advisable. The application of the tincture of iodine, 

 after first shaving off the hair, is exceedingly useful, and the 

 insertion of a seton in front of the chest for a month or six 

 weeks is most valuable. 



The diet should be nourishing, and every means adopted 

 which is calculated to impart vigor. 



PNEUMONIA, 



Or inflammation of the substance of the lungs, is a complaint 

 to which dogs are exceedingly liable. 



Predisposing Causes. — Hereditary disease, as scrofula or 

 phthisis, an ansemic or plethoric habit of body, sudden and 

 frequent changes of temperature. 



Exciting Causes. — Exposure to cold and damp (especially 

 in toy or house dogs, frequently washed and not carefully 

 dried, and who are used to a warm atmosphere), violent ex- 

 ertion, penetrating lung wounds. 



Symptoms. — The stages of pneumonia are usually three; 

 I St, that of engorgement, or congestion; 2d, red hepatization; 

 3d, yellow or grey hepatization, or purulent infiltration. 



The early stage is generally ushered in with shiverings, 

 followed by fever; the pulse is increased, the respiration 

 becomes quickened, there is an occasional short cough, the 

 head is extended, the eyes bloodshot, nose hot and dry, 

 tongue protruded and furred, edges of a deep red ; the animal 

 assumes a sitting posture, with the fore-legs wide apart. 



Auscultation reveals a crackling or crepitating soun4 

 which is circumscribed according to the amount of lung 

 involved ; this sound obscures to a great extent the respira- 



