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from the large intestines, when the blood is similar to that drawn 

 from a vein. It may also be poured out from piles, which are 

 not uncommon in the dog, though they seldom bleed as they do 

 in the human being, the horizontal position of the dog accounting 

 for this immunity. The treatment for these several conditions 

 will vary considerably. If there is reason to believe that there is 

 irritation from improper food, a dose of oil (1 5) will clear all away, 

 and nothing more is needed. In slight cases of mucous diarrhoea, 

 laudanum may be added to a small dose of oil (7), and if this 

 does not have the desired effect try (6), (8), or (9). Bleeding 

 from an ulcerated surface or from the small intestines seldom occurs 

 except in distemper, and can rarely be restrained when severe. 

 Relief may be attempted by the bolus (18) or the pill ( 1 9), but 

 the shock to the system is generally too great to allow of perfect 

 health being restored. In case of bleeding from the large intes- 

 tines, the chalk mixture (6), together with the bolus (18), will 

 often avail. Bice-water should be given as the only drink, and 

 well-boiled rice flavoured with milk as the only solid food. 



Chronic inflammation with constipation is very apt to occur in 

 dogs which are not exercised, and are fed with biscuit or meal 

 without vegetables. The consequence is, that the bowels after a 

 time become inflamed, and diarrhoea is set up ; but, this soon 

 ceasing, the mucous membrane is impaired in tone, and there is a 

 want of the proper secretion, so that the fceces become hard, and 

 the muscular coat refuses to act as it should do. In such a case 

 the belly becomes distended, and there is excessive pain, with more 

 or less spasm. In some instances the faces have become so im- 

 pacted that no means could be used which would overcome the 

 mechanical difficulty, and the dogs have died "undelivered." It 

 is easy to distinguish these collections, because they may be readily 

 felt through the flank, and nothing but a case of pregnancy can 



