Please prescribe for my pointer bitch, six years of age, which has every symptom of inflammation of the lungs. I gave her a large dose of oil, which she threw up without any action. After taking her temperature (104) I gave her an injection of soap suds and she passed a stool that was hard and showed evidence of fever. I then gave her two grains of calomel and am now giving her one drop of aconit every hour to reduce the temperature. She breathes very hard and staggers and runs sidewise when in motion, and saliva runs constantly from her mouth. Gave a feed of soft bread with a few scraps of beef chopped into it.

Answer

Give her two grains of quinine every three or four hours and use small doses of stimulants, such as a teaspoonful of brandy, four or five times a day; keep up her appetite by chopped raw beef and gelatin, beef broths, etc. (See Lungs, Inflammation of.)

Chronic Constipation

English setter, age seven and one-half years, weight fifty-two pounds, has been constipated for a long time; it is almost impossible for him to make a stool; in doing so he slides all over the street without accomplishing much, and when successful the stool is very hard. I have been relieving him occasionally by doses of physic. I saw slight traces of blood in his stool on November 12. He is a ravenous eater and hunt3 well all day. Please prescribe.

Answer

Feed him largely on oatmeal and cornmeal; give occasional doses of castor oil, and three times a day give fifteen grains of the hyposulphite of soda and one-fourth grain of nux vomica. (See Constipation.)

Chorea

Diagnose and prescribe for an English setter, weight fifty pounds, aged three years, who had chorea. It is chronic and confined to one side of his head; that is ,to the brain on one side of the center of his head; there is a decided and noticeable rise and fall on the affected side of the skull, but nowhere else in his body. I have tried mild remedies, and at times have reduced the disease, but on stopping the medicine the trouble would commence. Kindly prescribe something powerful that will strike at the root of the disease.

Answer

Give internally the following: Fluid extract of nux vomica thirty drops, fluid extract ergot two and one-half drams, iodide of potash one dram, water to make two ounces; give a teaspoonful twice a day for four days, then three times a day for two weeks. (See Chorea.)

Antidote For Strychnine

I noticed in a recent issue the query. What is best to carry to antidote strychnine poison, when shooting. I have saved many dogs in the field and in different sections where I have lived by mother tincture belladonna.

Get the green root or mother tincture at any homeopathic pharmacy, and if the dog has had but one spasm, ten to fifteen drops poured down his throat will antidote the poison; if not, repeat every fifteen minutes. When the dug has had the poison down long enough to cause paralysis, and is unable to swallow, a syringe can be used per rectum - twenty to thirty drops; and seldom does one have to use but two doses, either by mouth or rectum.

I have saved dogs when given up by veterinary surgeons, and I believe any dog can be saved so long as there is circulation enough to take up the antidote. (See also Poisoning.)

Breaking Dog To Collar And Chain

The sooner a young dog is taught to go in a collar and lead the better. It is best to begin when the puppy is three or four months old, first by letting it wear a collar for a week or two, then tie a piece of thick string to the collar, and let it go about with this for a few days. At the end of this period substitute the string for a chain, catching hold of the chain with one hand every now and then, and giving it a dainty bit with the other. In this way it will get quite accustomed to what the dog, no doubt, thinks a strange method of depriving it of its sweet liberty. Don't drag the dog along and expect it to become accustomed to the feel of the collar by giving it a sore and stiff neck. That is the way to make it hate a collar.

Crusty Ears

"A dog, four years old, whose ears are affected with some sort of skin disease. The backs of his ears seem dry and scurfy, the hair falls out and the dog is continually scratching them. There is no swelling, no sores, no bleeding; the skin seems simply drying, but perfectly healthy otherwise. Please prescribe."

Answer

Apply resinol ointment once daily after washing the ear. Eberhart's Skin Remedy will cure this. Apply twice daily. After putting a little of it on the ear, rub and work it well with thumb and finger till the scurvy matter softens and you remove it from the ear by rubbing. Continue daily treatment till cured - a matter of a week or so as a rule.

Carbolized Vaseline (How To Make)

Carbolized vaseline is an ointment often recommended by the veterinary profession, and is often inquired for by dog fanciers. A good plan for making it is as follows: Take six ounces of solid paraphine wax, melt it thoroughly in a saucepan, and when melted add twelve ounces of vaseline and remelt. Then as it cools add about one dram of pure carbolic acid, and stir thoroughly until cold.

This is the official, or British Pharmacopaeia, formula. It involves very little trouble, and makes the most elegant and serviceable preparation. A very fair ointment can be made by simply rubbing pure carbolic acid into petroleum jelly, say three or four drops to each ounce, but it is very soft, especially in hot weather, and does not keep nearly so well as the first.

Terrier Continually Scratching

Terrier is repeatedly scratching himself. He has no fleas or anything about his body, is very often washed, so cannot be dirty. It is very annoying. He will roll over on his back, and then try and scratch himself anywhere and everywhere about his body. What shall I do with him?

Answer

Give the dog every week during the hot weather a bath in Standard Disinfectant, diluted with fifty parts of water.