Sore Throat Cough Due To Cold

"I have a hound with a peculiar affection of the throat. He has a hoarseness of the voice, with a slight watery discharge from the eyes, also a saliva from the corners of the mouth. Thinking he had a cold I gave him a Cough Cure, but it did not touch him. Although his eyes and mouth are now free from discharge his voice is very hoarse, acting a great deal like a man with a sore throat, requiring an effort to speak. Do you think there is a bone splinter in the throat or is it from a cold? Please prescribe."

Answer

"We think it is a cold, use the following mixture: Muriate ammonia six drams, fluid extract belladonna three drams, fluid extract licorice four ounces, simple syrup four ounces; give a teaspoonful every five hours."

Lumps And Sores On Dog

"I have a pointer pappy about seven months old, and when he was three months old a lump formed on the top of his head; I had him treated by a veterinary who blistered it and opened it, removing some pus. The head soon got well, but a month or so later he took the distemper, which soon yielded to treatment, and he was growing and looking finely, but recently a large lump formed on his left side and three days later a larger one on the left side of his neck. I used blisters on both and they are now discharging pus. The puppy has always been fed liberally on well cooked meat, with plenty of bread and milk, and kept in the best of kennels. Please prescribe. I have two more of the same litter that went through the distemper all right and show no signs of any other disorder."

Answers - "Wash out the sores that are discharging pus once a day for one week with equal parts of peroxide of hydrogen and water, and give, twice a day, Sergeant's Condition Pills."

Lameness From Hard Bunch On Leg

"Please prescribe for my English setter dog, six years old. He has had a hard bunch in the middle joint of his right hindleg for some time; he always chews at it as if it itched, and it is making him lame; he had the same on each of his two forelegs, but they went away at length without treatment."

Answer

Give ten grains of the idodide of potash three times a day for two weeks, followed by a Sergeant's Condition Pill twice a day for probably a month. Paint the enlargement with tincture of iodine once daily for a week.

Constant And Frequent Urinating

"An English setter bitch, who eats well, has a good coat, is full of life and seems to be in perfect health, yet when she is lying in one place or sleeping there is a constant but slow discharge of urine, and when she gets up her whole side will be wet. I notice also a matter-like secretion. I have noticed these discharges the past week and cannot understand whether it is a weakness of the kidneys or a disease. What is the trouble? Please prescribe."

Answer

"Give one dram of sanmetto three times a day for a couple of weeks."

Bloodshot Eyes

"My English setter bitch, three years old, had distemper badly at one year. Since then her eyes and the lining of eyelids have been red, at times worse than others; there seems to be no inflammation, only the white of the eyes and lids are bloodshot, particularly so after a hard hunt or when she is a bit off; they very rarely discharge. Please prescribe."

Answer

"Drop in the eyes three times a day Eberhart's Eye Lotion No. 2."

Dandruff And Hair Coming Out

"Please prescribe for cocker spaniel, six months old, that has dry dandruff all over him, hot, dry nose and scratches continually. Have used mange cure a number of times and washed with dog soap, but these have done little good. The hair is coming out where the dandruff is worse."

Answer

"Take boraic acid one ounce, saliclyic acid one ounce, glycerine one pint; rub this well into the skin twice a day and wash every third day with Eberhart's Dog Soap; continue this treatment for thirty days. Internally give five grains of the hyposulphite of soda and three grains of pepsin three times a day. In lieu of prescription given for external treatment better use Eberhart's Skin Cure, preceded by bath with his dog soap."

Swelling On Legs Above The Hock And Discharge

"My pointer, eight and one-half months old, that has distemper and with it came a large swelling right above the hock on both hind-legs, and one on the righ shoulder along the neck; all three of these opened with a discharge which has caused a soreness all over the neck and at the right ear; all of the hair is coming out, and there is still a little discharge. The two lumps on the hind-legs opened on November 15; the one on the shoulder opened on November 19. The fever is broken and the puppy eats well. The openings on the legs are closing up but are a little thick yet and are very white. The neck where the pus has been discharged upon it is very red, on tho order of a scalded spot, and the hair is all off."

Answer

"Give three grains of the iodide of potash three times a day for two weeks, wash out the sores with equal parts of the peroxide of hydrogen and water for two or three days, then stop the washing; then put the dog on a thirty days' treatment of Sergeant's or Clayton's Condition Pills, one pill night and morning."

Lameness In Stifle Joint

"My pointer dog, eighteen months old, became lame in his right fore-leg about seven or eight months ago, and I am unable to ascertain where the lameness is. I can find nothing in the foot or any indication of soreness in the leg or shoulder; where he steps on that foot he places it out beyond a natural position, and walks with his leg projected. He is in good health; had the distemper when four months old. What is the ailment? Please prescribe."

Answer

"The lameness is located in the stifle joint. Add one ounce of the tincture of arnica to a pint of witch hazel, and apply two or three times a day with gentle friction and hand rubbing, fifteen minutes at a time."