. A treatise on the diseases of the dog; being a manual of canine pathology. Especially adapted for the use of veterinary practitioners and students. Dogs. POISONING. 261 verdigris may be taken in deleterious doses by consump- tion of stale food out of brass vessels. Corrosive sub- limate, arsenic, or verdigris thus ingested produces very violentvomiting, diarrhoea, and acute inflammation through- out the alimentary canal. The vomits and alvine evacua- tions are laden with blood. Blaine considers ulceration of the mouth with extremely offensive breath, when found with the above symptoms, concl
. A treatise on the diseases of the dog; being a manual of canine pathology. Especially adapted for the use of veterinary practitioners and students. Dogs. POISONING. 261 verdigris may be taken in deleterious doses by consump- tion of stale food out of brass vessels. Corrosive sub- limate, arsenic, or verdigris thus ingested produces very violentvomiting, diarrhoea, and acute inflammation through- out the alimentary canal. The vomits and alvine evacua- tions are laden with blood. Blaine considers ulceration of the mouth with extremely offensive breath, when found with the above symptoms, conclusive evidence that corrosive Fig. 87. Fig. FiG8. 87, 88.—Two views of the femur. Effects of mercury (Williams). (After Professor Bennett.) sublimate has been used. In all such cases the nature of the vomits should be carefully examined, and they should be, if necessary, analysed. They may contain portions of the skin of the animal used as bait. The first vomit needs special attention. Early detection of the true nature of the poison may enable us to give an antidote in time, but in all such cases liberal doses of milk, white of egg,* or * The white of one egg is required for every 4 grs. of the poison (Peschier). Iodine and acetate of lead are considered the best counter-agents for mer- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steel, John Henry. New York, J. Wiley & Sons
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