22 DISEASES OF DOOS. 



most cases, any premonitory symptoms. Dogs partaking of the 

 flesh of animals that have died of anthrax become the subject of 

 the disease, therefore owners should be extremely careful that the 

 carcases offered for feeding purposes are not of animals which have 

 succumbed to this disease. Anthrax in dogs affects the mouth, 

 throat, and digestive organs, and produces intense fever ; vomiting 

 and purging take place, the matter ejected being mixed with blood. 

 Treatment is useless, and should not be attempted, for fear of 

 inoculation, as the disease is communicable to the human subject. 



AirnS, POLYPUS in THE.-5«( Polypl 



APOPliEXT.— See Fits. 



ASTHMA. — A common and diistressing complaint, which ia 

 frequently the result of indulgence in a too plentiful and too rich 

 diet, combined with luxurious idleness ; hence we find its victims 

 chiefly among lap-dogs and other house pets, which are especially 

 liable to it when getting old. The grossness of body which induces 

 and fosters asthma also frequently causes at the same time a kind 

 of scurfy mange, making the coat look rough and dirty, and giving 

 it a harsh, dry feeL Asthma is evidenced by distressing paroxysms 

 of coughing, with considerable difficulty of breathing — these symp- 

 toms occurring frequently. The first object is to relieve the animal 

 from these painful attacks, and this is best accomplished by the use 

 of the following medicine : 



Anti-spasmodie Drops. — Take equal parts compound spirit of 

 sulphuric ether, known as Hoffman's anodyne, and tincture of 

 opium (laudanum), mix, and keep in a weU-stoppered bottle in a 

 cool place. Dose for a dog 201b. to 301b. a small teaspoonful given 

 La about a tablespoonful of milk, gruel, or other liquid. Or the 

 following will be found effective : chloride of ammonium, 2dr. ; ipe- 

 cacuanha witie, Idr. ; iodide of potassium, 12gr. ; bicarbonate of 

 pof^assium, Idr. ; syrup of squills, Idr. Water to 6oz. Dose, a 

 dessert-spoonful to a tablespoonful three times a day. 10 to 20 

 drops of chlorodyne will also give relief. 



Though, as hinted, the above will give relief, they will not cure, 

 and to remove one at least of the predisposing causes the dog must 

 have frequent doses of a brisk aperient ; either a dose every morning 

 of the buckthorn and castor oil mixture (Mild Purge) ; or the third 

 of an ordinary black draught ; or, what will be still better in many 

 cases, a compound podophyllin pill every night. In addition to this 

 treatment, he should be Induced or compelled to take such daily 

 exer(nse as will make him readily eat coarser food. His meals 



