108 DISEASES or DOGS. 



applied night and morning with a camel-hair brush. If the nlceia' 

 tion is severe, and granulations are present, the latter may be touched 

 with " London Paste. " This is best applied on the point of a probe, 

 around which is rolled a piece of wool. In the event of pharyngeal 

 abscesses forming, these must be lanced, and their contents let out. 

 When the acute symptoms have subsided, the animal will be left in 

 a debiUfcated state, owing to the general constitutional disturbance 

 which accompanies the disease. Therefore, tonics should be given, 

 such as 2gr. to 8gr. of sulphate of iron, with Jgr. to 2gr. of sulphate 

 of quinine, in water, twice a day. 



FEABTITX, ZlTFLAmMATIOlT OT.-See Phakynoitis. 



FILES (Essmorrhoids) occor most frequently in house dogs 

 and those too closely confined to the kennel. They depend on an 

 enlarged condition of the hsemorrhoidal veins at the lower part of the 

 rectum. The parts present an enlarged, swollen, and tender 

 appearance, giving pain when touched, or when the dog draws 

 himself along the ground. PUes are known as internal or external, 

 according as they exist within or without the sphincter muacle. 

 that is, the muscle which contracts the orifice of the anus. Th« 

 principal causes producing piles ar« the injudicious use ol 

 purgative medicintiS, over feeding with stimulating food, and wapt o! 

 sufBcient and healthful exercise, producing diseases of the liver, 

 constipation of the bowels, with consequent straining, and undue 

 distention of the parts in the act of fsecation. 



A dog suffering from piles should be fed on a laxative diet such aa 

 broth, well-boiled oatmeal and chopped green vegetables ; little or 

 no flesh meat should be given. As a mild aperient a little milk of 

 sulphur may be advantageously given in milk or with the food. 

 Dose, a heaped-up teaspoonful for a 201b. dog. One of the three 

 following ointments should be applied twice a day, smearing the 

 parts well with them : 



Ointments for Piles. — Mild mercurial ointment, 7 parts, finely 

 powdered camphor, 1 part, well mixed; or the compound gall 

 ointment of the Pharmacopoeia may be used. Hazeline is also very 

 beneficial. 



In bleeding piles the following injection may be used ; Tincture of 

 krameria, 2dr. , water to 6oz. Two ounces should be injected twice 

 a day ; whUe in aU cases of piles Jdr. to 2dr. of tincture of krameria 

 in water, twice a day,^ will be useful 



In some c&sea of piles ,a, tumour forms near the orifice of the 

 rectum J it is aj first red, but slilerwarda ibecomes purple, and finally 

 diacharges a thick foetid matter mixed with bliKwi. It forms a 



