Splenitis, or inflammation of the spleen, has been known to occur in dogs, but it is a disease that discovers itself rather after death by structural lesions, than during life by appreciable or distinctive symptoms. Splenitis generally co-exists with other diseases of the abdominal organs, and its symptoms are, for that reason, blended with, and obscured by, the symptoms which are respectively manifested by the morbid states with which it may be associated.

In speaking of the symptoms of splenitis, Youatt says: - "In the cases that I have seen, the earliest indications were frequent vomiting, and the discharge of a yellow frothy mucus. The animal appeared uneasy, there is shivering, the ears are cold, the eyes unnaturally protuberant, the nostrils dilated, the flanks agitated, the respiration accelerated, and the mucous membranes pale."

Blaine merely says: - "We may expect heat, fulness, and tenderness in the region of the spleen, and pain on pressure".

* For the dose, refer to the "Introductory Remarks".

Chronic disease of the spleen, with enlargement of its substance, occasionally brings on ascites.

Treatment

Aconitum * is required when there is feverishness, pain, vomiting, etc.

China is indicated when the mucous membrane of the mouth is pallid, the appetite impaired, and the strength reduced.

Ferrum is also suitable for the same symptoms.

* The dose of these remedies is stated in the "Introductory Remarks."