DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND SPLEEN. 95 



in review the remedies recommended by the different veterin- 

 ary authors who have written on this malady. 



" M. U. Leblanc, wliose writing is the most complete on 

 the jaundice of the dog, recommends repeated bleedings at 

 the commencement, manna, sulphate of magnesia, enemas, 

 with the addition of starch and laudanum ; if diarrhoea is 

 present, disacordium, half a drachm. He insists on hygienic 

 means ; panades with the addition of butter, for which broth 

 is to be substituted afterwards ; clean, warm, dry quarters, 

 etc. 



" Hurtrel d'Arboval, inspired by the writings of M. U. 

 Leblanc, also recommends bleeding at the onset, mucilaginous 

 drinks, with nitre, emollient enemas, etc. 



" M. Prudhomme says that the treatment of jaundice in 

 the dog does not often succeed, as it is one of the most fatal 

 maladies of the canine species. He has, however, obtained 

 some favorable results from small repeated bleedings, whey 

 drinks, mucilage from decoction of linseed, or carrots and 

 barley, to which were added a few grammes of cream of tar- 

 tar, enemas, with starch and opium. 



"Professor Hertwig, of Berlin, employs emetics, slight 

 purges, as, for example, calomel with honey, or cream of tar- 

 tar, friction on the abdomen, with ammoniacal liniment. 



" M. C. Leblanc recommends baths with bran-water, leeches 

 on the abdomen, emollient enemas, sulphate of soda (if con- 

 stipated), mustard on the chest and feet. He adds that if an 

 improvement does not speedily set in, death is certain. 

 . " M. Lafosse advises the same means as those directed by 

 M. C. Leblanc, the decoction of carrots and cream of tartar ; 

 if extreme debility sets in, to have recourse to quinine wine. 



"The author says he has tried all the remedies suggested, 

 and despairing of the results asks himself the question whe- 

 ther an agent could not be found which has a special action 

 on the liver and the biliary system powerful enough to combat 

 this terrible malady.. Another question was whether the ic- 

 teric color depended really on bile being mixed with the 



