yo THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



see " Distemper." Badly drained kennels and accumulation 

 of filth are also fruitful causes. Sucking puppies are often 

 affected through the milk being too rich and stimulating, and • 

 creating acidity. 



Treatment. — The treatment of diarrhoea in its early stage 

 is exceedingly simple. A mild dose of castor-oil, to remove 

 the irritant, and bland, mucilaginous food without solids, will 

 generally effect a cure. Many people mistakenly rush to 

 cordials and astringents at the onset, and thereby check, or 

 attempt to do so, the very process nature is exercising to rid 

 herself of the offending matter. 



If there is reason to suspect worms as the cause, one of the 

 remedies for their expulsion^should be adopted. (See "Worms.") 

 If from acrid bile, which vomiting and the character of the 

 vomit will denote, a mild aloetic purge, succeeded, if not re- 

 lieved, by the hyd. cum cretse in 3 to s grain doses, will be of 

 the greatest service. Warm rice-water injections, in which, if 

 there is much pain, a few drops of laudanum are mingled, will 

 afford considerable relief. Where the complaint results from 

 pre-existing intestinal disease, and the above remedies fail to 

 check it, i grain of opium and 5 of sulphate of copper may be 

 given twice or three times a day, and starch enemas should be 

 had recourse to. Chlorodyne, 5 to 10 drops in a teaspoonful 

 or two of brandy and water is also very efficacious. 



Where the complaint occurs in unweaned puppies, it is 

 usually due, as alr.eady named, to acidity, and is test treated, 

 through the mother, with carbonate of soda or lime-water. 



The animal during the attack should be kept warm. 



Diet. — This should consist of bland, mucilaginous food, as 

 mutton broth, thickened with isinglass, or rice or barley-water, 

 slightly chilled. 



Cleanliness of the external parts should be strictly observed, 

 and the bedding kept dry. 



