84 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



Symptoms. — These need but little description — the eversion 

 being in itself sufficiently diagnostic ; at stool it is increased 

 and considerably injected. 



Treatment. — This consists in cleansing and turning the 

 protruded portion, and afterwards in the application of cold 

 and astringents. Tone will be given to the system, and con- 

 stringement of the affected part effected by the administra- 

 tion of tinct. ferri, lo to 15 minims, twice or three times a 

 day in cold water. 



Nutritious diet and a moderate allowance of exercise should 

 be given. 



Where these measures fail, an operation will be necessary ; 

 and this generally consists in removing one of the folds of 

 the mucous merabrance by knife or ligature, or the destruc- 

 tion of a portion of it by actual cautery. It is needless to 

 remark that either operation should be performed under the 

 influence of chloroform, and by a veterinary surgeon. 



FISTULA IN ANO. 



Fistula of the anus is frequently met with in dogs, particu- 

 larly of the pampered house tribe, and is usually the result of 

 neglected piles ; it may occur from wounds, abscess, or ulcera- 

 tion of the rectum (the latter generally consequent on piles), 

 or from impaction of hardened faeces. 



The fistula may be external or internal, complete or partial, 

 i.e., external if the orifice of the wound is in the integument, 

 or internal if within the rectum ; complete, if the two orifices 

 exist together, partial when there is but one orifice. 



Symptoms.— ,T\iQ symptoms of fistula in the dog are con- 

 tinual irritation of the affected part ; the animal will be 

 observed continually licking the anus, and dragging himself 

 along the floor with his fore-limbs. If the fistula be external 

 it requires little diagnosis ; if internal, and not complete, there 



