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done when the bowels are nearly empty, and the pad secured by 

 strips of white leather smeared with warm pitch plaster, or by means 

 of Mead's plaster, to be obtained of any chemist. This should ba 

 done after the pup has been weaned and separated from its mother, 

 or she will with her tongue remove or displace the application. 



KTEPHKITIS.— Sea Kidneys, Inflammation of. 



NOSTOMAETIA (Horae Sickness).— This is often seen in 

 dogs which, fiom some cause or other, have to leave their home and 

 friends, and reside for a time in a hospital. It therefore behoves 

 everyone who has charge of such dogs, to make them comfortable, 

 and treat them as nearly as possible, consistent with rational and 

 medical treatment, as they would be at home. It is absolutely 

 cruel to place a nervous, and highly sensitive pet dog in a kennel 

 surrounded by other dogs which are continually barking, or to give 

 them over entirely to an attendant, which is too frequently done 

 in hospitals, the owner of the establishment, or the veterinary 

 surgeon, only attending at intervals. All pets should be taken into 

 the house, or have a special place set apart for them, where they 

 can receive personal attention, and have their small comforts 

 attended to. 



O. 



OBE8ITT.— 5e« Fatness, Excessitk. 



OSSTRUS!!: (The Period of Heat). — Bitches are usually 

 in this condition twice a year, or twice in the twelve months, but 

 this rule is not without exception, for sometimes it only occurs once, 

 and ai other times more than twice a year. The symptoms are a 

 general change of the habits of the animals, and of temper, a savage 

 bitch often becoming docile, and viae vend. The bitch becomes rest- 

 less, the external generative organs are swollen and hot, and a dis- 

 charge of a whitish colour is present. Gradually this discharge 

 becomes slightly tinged with blood, and finally blood alone issues 

 from the vulva. The bitch frequently passes water, and in small 

 quantities. 



The period of oestrum varies iu difl'erent individuals, from one 

 week to three. An animal in this condition should be carefully 

 watched ; it should not on any account be allowed to enter the water. 

 Where a bitch is more frequently on heat than twice a year shs 



