. The dog in health and in disease [microform] : including his origin, history, varieties, breeding, education and general management in health, and his treatment in disease. Dogs; Dogs; Chiens; Chiens. 952 THE DOO IN DISEASE. It always indicates, when purely functional, that tho food is unsuitable eitlior in quantity or quality, or that the stomach is untit to receive it, and so is better without it. The dog fre(|nently, in warm weather, eats grass and causes vomiting, aud tlius in a way regidates his own di gestive tract. As a rule, when a dog in seen to vomit he should either be left withou
. The dog in health and in disease [microform] : including his origin, history, varieties, breeding, education and general management in health, and his treatment in disease. Dogs; Dogs; Chiens; Chiens. 952 THE DOO IN DISEASE. It always indicates, when purely functional, that tho food is unsuitable eitlior in quantity or quality, or that the stomach is untit to receive it, and so is better without it. The dog fre(|nently, in warm weather, eats grass and causes vomiting, aud tlius in a way regidates his own di gestive tract. As a rule, when a dog in seen to vomit he should either be left without food for a time or have his diet wholly alteretlâperhaps both. It is very rarely that medi- cine is demanded. Vomiting may be due to worms, when the indication is clearly to give a vermifuge. When vomiting is frequently repeated, a careful investigation should bo made, and poison, among other things, sus- ])ected. A OftprieUnu Appttita should always receive attention. It may bo due simply to lack of stamina, or to debility owing to bad hygienic surroundings. It may be a sign of organic disease, of worms, etc. The bowels will generally be found at fault. If due to mere debility or atony of the digestive organs, vegetable bittersâas gentian, quassia, cinchona, etc.âare useful, especially in the form of tlie compound tinctures. Nux vomica, carefully watched, is excellent. A change in the feeding to raw meat only for a time may be wise. A trial may be made of a mixture of bicarbonate of soda, powdered rhubarb, and gentian, or the compound tincture of cinchona. If dependent on a sluggish condition of the liver, about which one can form some opinion by watching the stools, this must be treated. The color and consistence of the stools of the dog vary with the food Meat causes them to be dark; a mixed diet some shade of yellow. They may be very hard uad. r»hl^Wr-"T.,:;yviviT â :i-'^'. -â. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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