. 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. 202 THE DISEASES OP THE DOG. dog which becomes affected with a fit in the public thoroughfares; such are to lance the mouth, slit the ear, cut a piece of the tail off, give a full dose of salt and water or a lump of tobacco, or throw the patient into an adjacent pond, or rub his nose with syrup of buckthorn. It will be observed that some of these measures are directed to the removal of blood, which is seldom necessary. Mayhew's suggestion t
. 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. 202 THE DISEASES OP THE DOG. dog which becomes affected with a fit in the public thoroughfares; such are to lance the mouth, slit the ear, cut a piece of the tail off, give a full dose of salt and water or a lump of tobacco, or throw the patient into an adjacent pond, or rub his nose with syrup of buckthorn. It will be observed that some of these measures are directed to the removal of blood, which is seldom necessary. Mayhew's suggestion that in hot weather owners walking with dogs in the country should always carry about with them laudanum, ether, and an injection syringe to administer a dose with, will hardly be adopted, although he, "armed with this, fearlessly faced the disorder which other veterinary surgeons ; The animal should, when seized with a fit, be secured to prevent his running away when it is over, cold water should be thrown on his head, and pro- tection from the sun afforded. He should then be taken home or to an infirmary quietly, and a dose of cathartic medicine given. Strict attention to hygienic measures, and the removal of all operative causes of this disorder, will be of benefit, and belladonna or chloral may be resorted to in cases when the fits tend to be successive. In chronic tendency to fits the effects of a seton or a blister to the Pig. 58.—Superior. FIG. 59.— 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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