TREATMENT OF KENNEL LAMENESS. 433 



anguish. The bowels are confined, and the urine high-coloured 

 and scanty. 



The treatment consists in bleeding from the neck, to a moderate 

 extent, if the dog is very gross and full of condition, then giving 

 a smart dose of opening physic : ( 1 2) or ( 1 3). After this has acted 

 give the following pills : — 



Calomel, 



Purified opium, of each 1 grain. 

 Powdered root of colchicum, 2 to 3 grains. 

 Syrup, enough to make a pill. 



This is the dose for an average-sized dog. A hot bath will 

 often be of service, taking care to dry the skin afterwards before 

 the fire. Then follow up with a liberal friction by the aid of the 

 liniment (43). 



Kennel lameness, or chest-founder, shows itself in a stiffness or 



soreness of the shoulders, so that the dog is unable to gallop freely 



down hill, and is often reluctant to jump off his bench to the 



ground, the shock giving pain to the muscles suspending the 



body to the shoulder-blades, which are affected with rheumatism. 



It is peculiarly prominent in the kennels of foxhounds, for 



these dogs, being exposed to wet and cold for hours together, and 



then being sometimes brought home to a damp lodging-room, 



contract the disease with great frequency. Pampered house pets 



are also very liable to chest-founder, over-feeding being quite as 



likely to produce rheumatism as exposure to nold, and when both 



.are united this state is almost sure to be established. When 



it becomes chronic there is little or no fever attendant on it, 



nor is there much in the recent state. After it has existed for 



some months it is generally considered to be incurable, but instances 



are known in which the stiffness has entirely disappeared. Ghest- 



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