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— When this is met with in dogs, it causes serious trouble, ophthal- 

 mia, etc. An operation is the only means of cure. A piece of skin is 

 removed helow the eye, and a small muscle, which is responsible for 

 the turning in of the eye, is severed. The small wound should not 

 be sutured, but allowed to heal under a scab, which will also help to 

 pull the eyelid outwards and slightly downwards, relieving the con- 

 dition naturally. This operation should be performed by a veterinary 

 surgeon, as in nnslulful hands serious mischief might arise. 



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FA3JSE <rOII?T. — Where a Umb is improperly set, or the 

 animal is in an unhealthy condition, false joint is found. It is the 

 non-union of the bone by the usual osseous deposits. Instead of this 

 there is a fibrous connection, and the union of the bones, or portion 

 of them, is much as if they had been united by a piece of india- 

 rubber ; the two pieces of bone can be readily moved, and the 

 limb cannot support any weight. An operation is often attempted 

 to set up inflammation of the part, and induce osseous or bony 

 deposits, but from my experience, it is not very successful. 



FATNESS, EXCESSIVE.— A certain amount of fat is not 

 only a sign of health, but also desirable, as it is the store of fuel that 

 Nature lays up to meet future exigencies ; but an excess of fat 

 constitutes a morbid and diseased state of the body. Some dogs are 

 prone to put on fat even when on a comparatively meagre diet, and 

 certain breeds — pugs and most varieties of spaniels — more than others. 

 The causes are confinement and want of exercise, together with 

 an over-abundance of food, or food of a quality too rich in fat- 

 producing materials. 



A common effect of excessive fat is to set up skin disease, with 

 discharge therefrom, which is Nature's means of ridding the system 

 of the superfluous matter. Or the fat accumulates round vital organs, 

 interfering with the animal's respiration, making the breathing 

 laboured, wheezy, and asthmatical, painful to the suflerer, whi(£ 

 blows and pants on the slightest extra exertion, and most dis- 

 tressing to the owner. In bitches not allowed to breed, fat ac- 

 cumulates round the kidneys and ovaries ; the heart also becomes 

 surrounded with fat, and what is called fatty infiltration or fatty 

 degeneration ensues, which may cause sudden death. 



The treatment consists in altering the diet. Give gradually 

 poorer food, and less of it, and at the same time by degrees increasa 



