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Concussion of the Brain, Dislocations, Pricks, Sprains, 

 Thorns, and Wounds. 



ASEAnBOSIS (Gutta Serena ; Glass-Eye).— This is 

 loss of sight, partial or entire, and may arise from one of several 

 causes. As a general rule, it is due to a blow in the vicinity of the 

 eye, which has the effect of paralysing the optic nerve. It may, 

 however, be due to a derangement of the nervous system, such as 

 that produced by exhaustion from suckling. Bitches will also 

 sometimes exhibit it during gestation ; whilst excess of light is also 

 a cause. The eye is unnaturally clear and glistening, the pupil ex- 

 panded and fixed, and that the dog is partially or entirely blind is 

 seen by his stepping high and with needless care when nothing is in 

 his way and running against things which are. If when one feiats 

 a blow the eye does not move, total blindness may be assumed. 



In treating for amaurosis, attend to the general health. If the 

 cause can be traced, remove it ; while to assist a cure a blister may 

 be applied beMnd the ear, and a discharge kept up for a time, 

 strengthening food and medicine being given. In cases of blistering, 

 the dog's hind legs should be hobbled. It is always better, how- 

 ever, when such a delicate organ as the eye is the seat of disease, to 

 consult a qualified veterinarian. When the disease is due to a 

 deranged nervous system, 3 to 10 drops of tincture of nux vomica, 

 in water, twice a day aft«r food, is useful. 



AIT.SMIA (Poverty of Blood) is evidenced by paleness of 

 the mucous membranes, weak and slow pulse and heart-beat, lack 

 of energy, depression, and lassitude. As the disease progresses, 

 the eye sinks, becoming dull, the gait is staggering, the breathing 

 becomes laboured and wheezy, and the dog giadually sinks. 



The causes are poor food, exhaustive demands on stud dogs, 

 excessive secretion of milk, and allowing bitches to suckle puppies 

 too long. Ansemia may also be the result of some other disease 

 impoverishing the system, and it is not infrequently a consequence 

 of the dog harbouring worms. Give in small quantities and fre- 

 quently the most nourishing foods — milk, flesh, broths, etc.— pepsin 

 porci to assist digestion, and wine of iron or syrup of phosphates as 

 a tonic. At the same time see that the dog is warmly housed and 

 that he gets plenty of sunlight and fresh air. 



AITTHBAZ is more particularly a disease of cattle, known in 

 Uie vernacular as "black quarter," "black leg," "quarter ill," 

 "joint ill," "hasty," "puck," "shoot of blood," etc., from which 

 young and particularly fast thriving stock die without giving, in 



