. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Dogs. 264 CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. this must be used very carefully, as in old, fat dogs we frequently find a chronic bronchitis, and from the increased respiration and amount of fluids thrown out by the lungs it may produce death by suffocation. Sulphate of magnesium and sulphate of sodium are useful to increase the action of the intestines and to carry away a certain quantity of fluid out of the body. They should be given on an empty stomach, a teaspoonful at a dose, diluted in a small quantity of warm water. Hsemog-lobinaemia and Haemoglobinuria. W
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Dogs. 264 CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. this must be used very carefully, as in old, fat dogs we frequently find a chronic bronchitis, and from the increased respiration and amount of fluids thrown out by the lungs it may produce death by suffocation. Sulphate of magnesium and sulphate of sodium are useful to increase the action of the intestines and to carry away a certain quantity of fluid out of the body. They should be given on an empty stomach, a teaspoonful at a dose, diluted in a small quantity of warm water. Hsemog-lobinaemia and Haemoglobinuria. When there is any decomposition of red blood-corpuscles in the body (hoemoglobinsemia) the coloring substance is eliminated through the kidneys, staining the urine and producing hsemoglo- binuria. These conditions occur as the result of the action of certain chemical poisons, such as large doses of naphthol, chloride of potassium, carbolic acid, and by certain infectious, poisonous substances, transfusion of blood, and sterilized water. Influences of extremes in temperature also produce it. In this condition the urine is characterized by a dark red, brownish, or brick-red color- ation, and when examined through the spectroscope shows streaks, a and /9, of the haemoglobin in yellow and green (Fig. 59), and. Fig. 60. ^ A aB C J) E b gpectrum of urine in htemoglobinuria. Hsematin crystals. close to it is a narrow methsemoglobin streak in orange. If we cannot examine it by means of a spectroscope, we may use the following tests : First, by means of the guaiac treatment or Teich- mann's hseminprobe. The first method consists in placing a small portion of a mixture composed of equal parts of tincture of guaiac and oil of turpentine in a reagent-glass and covering it with the urine which is to be tested. If any coloring substance of the blood is present, we immediately notice the formation of a dirty white. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may h
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