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ragged aore, difficult to heaJ from the movementa of the dog in the 

 natural act, and from his dragging himself along the ground. 

 Similar treatment to that already advised should be pursued, using 

 the ointment and washing with the following lotion alternately : 



Wash for Tumour. — Goulard's water, ^ pint; laudanum, ^os. ; 

 tincture of arnica, Joz. ; mixed. 



FLSTHOBA (PuU Habit of Body).— Having regard to 

 the thoroughly unnatural conditions under which most dogs live, it 

 is not surprising to find many the subjects of Plethora. Food ia 

 given at irregular times, and often of the most unsuitable descrip- 

 tion, and in quantities quite out of proportion to the requirements of 

 the animal ; the blood in consequence becomes overcharged, and the 

 animal lapses into a generally bloated condition. 



The symptoms are readily recognised. The bloated condition ia 

 the most prominent, with the mucous membranes, especially notice- 

 able in the eyes, injected, the pulse full and bounding, the dog seems 

 unwilling to take exercise, the bowels are irregular (due to indiges- 

 tion), wind accumulates and is passed, and the breath is very offen- 

 sive. The bowels must be freely moved with medicine, and the food 

 given at regular intervals and in reasonable quantities. The 

 patient must be brought to exercise giadually, for if violent 

 exercise is forced upon him whilst in this condition, a fit wUl often 

 result. See also FATNESS, Excessive. 



FLETTItlS'Z'. — See Lungs, litrLAMMATioN oi". 



PNEUMONIA.— /See Ltjngs, Inflammation of. 



POISONING. — Perhaps none of our domestic animals are so 

 liable to suffer from the effects of poisonous substances as the dog. 

 His restless and inquisitive nature, and that inveterate habit of 

 routing in every accessible hole and corner, lay him open to it ; 

 whilst the sporting-dog on duty in places where unsportsmanlike 

 practices prevail, is exposed to special danger. 



Dog-poisoning is the result of design — when some envious oi 

 malicious and cowardly person is the perpetrator — of persons ad- 

 ministering to the animals drugs of the nature and action of 

 which they are ignorant ; or of accident, which, properly inter- 

 preted in most eases means culpable negligence on the part of those 

 having to use poisonous substances for the destruction of vermin 

 or other purposes. To this last cause the majority of cases of 

 poisoning may be traced, as by many of the general public poisons 

 are used and left about in a most careless manner. 



