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of the vagina. It should be returned as gently as possible, and mild 

 astringents afterwards injected, but the whole treatment is best left 

 to the veterinary surgeon. 



VAGINA, FBOLAFSUS OT.—See Prolapsus or the 

 Vagina. 



VER'MI.JSI.—See Parasites, External. 



VEBiTIGO, OR DIZZINESS, is frequently the result of a 



too tight and narrow collar, but a deranged liver or disordered stomach 

 ivill also cause it. In treatment, first remove the cause ; if due to a 

 disordered state of the stomach, give an aperient. 



VOMITING. — There is no domesticated animal in which 

 vomiting is so easily excited as in the dog ; in fact, some appear to 

 practically vomit at will. Overloading the stomach will freq^uently 

 cause vomiting, as also will the presence of worms in that organ, bile, 

 and the adimnistration of emetics. The cause must be removed, and 

 the effect will cease. If often becomes necessaiy to excite vomiting 

 — in cases of poisoning, for instance, and in worms in the stomach. 

 When this is the case, ipecacuanha wine is one of the most useful and 

 least dangerous agents to employ. The dose is from 3dr. to 8dr. in 

 a little warm water ; lOgr. to 30gr. of sulphate of zinc is another 

 useful emetic, and has the advantage of operating very quickly, a 

 very important fact in cases of poisoning. If neither of these reme- 

 dies is at hand, a little mustard and water, or salt and water, or 

 greasy water ia useful. 



W. 



WARTS are fairly common in the dog and occur on different 

 parts of the body — lips, eyelids, ears, mouth— and they may appear 

 singly or in clusters. They may be removed by a ligature tied 

 tightly round the root, or by a scalpel; the latter is preferable 

 The blade is held flat on the skin at the root of the wart, and 

 cut through, the raw surface being afterwards cauterised. The 

 hot iron or actual cautery, although for the time the most painful, 



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