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    The Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment - Containing Information on Fevers, Inflammation, Mange and Other Ailments of the Dog
    The Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment - Containing Information on Fevers, Inflammation, Mange and Other Ailments of the Dog
    The Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment - Containing Information on Fevers, Inflammation, Mange and Other Ailments of the Dog
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    The Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment - Containing Information on Fevers, Inflammation, Mange and Other Ailments of the Dog

    By John Henry Walsh

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    This book contains a comprehensive guide to the diseases and ailments of dogs, with information on fevers, inflammation, mange, and other common problems. This comprehensive and timeless text includes a wealth of invaluable information for those with a practical interest in the management and care of these wonderful animals, and it would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this book include: "Kennel Management of Large Dogs", "House Management of Pet Dogs", "The Action of Medicines, and the Forms in which they are generally Prescribed", "Administration of Remedies", "Inflammations", etcetera. John Henry Walsh (1810 - 1888) was a prolific English writer of sports-news who often went by the pseudonym "Stonehenge". His notable works include "The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle" (1882), "The Horse in the Stable and in the Field" (1861), and "The Shot-Gun and Sporting Rifle" (1859). Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781473354630
    The Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment - Containing Information on Fevers, Inflammation, Mange and Other Ailments of the Dog

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      The Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment - Containing Information on Fevers, Inflammation, Mange and Other Ailments of the Dog - John Henry Walsh

      CHAPTER I.

      FEVER.

      SECT. 1.—SIMPLE EPHEMERAL FEVER.

      IN THE DOG, simple fever is merely a condition in which there is first a chilliness, accompanied by actual increase of surface heat, and quick respiration and pulse; then loss of appetite and diminished secretion of urine, with frequently costive bowels; and finally, a tendency to congestion in the mucous membrane of the lungs and nostrils, or of some other internal organ, but generally of the lungs and nose, producing cough and running at the nose and eyes. The febrile symptoms usually run a short course, seldom going beyond three days, but the congestion of the mucous membrane often remains much longer.

      THE GAUSE is almost always exposure to cold, especially a draught of cold air on a heated skin, after exercise.

      THE TREATMENT will be as follows:—In the first place, complete rest should be accorded; next, a dose of aperient medicine, with calomel, in the following shape, will generally be advisable, as it will clear away any sources of irritation which may exist:—

      Calomel, 2 to 4 grains.

      Jalap in powder, 10 to 15 grains.

      Ginger, 1 grain. Mix.

      The dose will be in proportion to the size and strength of the dog, giving one-half or a quarter to a small one or to a young puppy. When this has operated, with the assistance of some gruel, very little more will be necessary under ordinary circumstances, and in a few days the dog will be well.

      SECT. 2.—SIMPLE EPIDEMIC FEVER, OR INFLUENZA.

      This species of fever is closely allied to the preceding variety in everything but the cause, which, instead of being exposure to cold, is some peculiar condition of the air, to which the name epidemic is given, in order to conceal our ignorance, for it is really only giving a name and nothing else. The term influenza is precisely similar, both only signifying the peculiar and general prevalence of the complaint, and not defining its nature or its cause. The latter term is, however, applied more especially to epidemic catarrh, which is the form we are now considering. As the symptoms are very closely similar to those of simple cold, or ephemeral fever, it is unnecessary to repeat them; nor is the treatment in the first stage at all different. But as the cough and running seldom disappear without some extra care and attention, it does not always do to trust to nature here for a cure. Lowering medicines and diet after the first few days are not at all successful; and, on the other hand, warm expectorants, with tolerably-good and nourishing slops, will be found to answer the best. The Expectorant Bolus, No. 1, may be given night and morning with advantage, and a Stimulating Embrocation, No. 1, applied to the side night and morning with the hand. As soon as the cough and running at the nose have somewhat subsided, and before exercise is allowed, the bark mixture (Tonic No. 2) may be given; and only when the strength and spirits are so recruited as to warrant the supposition that the health is greatly restored is the dog to be allowed exercise, and then only at first with great caution. It is often the case that a premature exposure to air and excitement brings on a relapse, and especially when the lungs are at all implicated either in their substance or mucous membrane. A human patient can be taken out in a carriage, but dogs, unless they are great pets, are seldom allowed that indulgence; and hence the necessity for the above precaution.

      SECT. 3.—TYPHUS FEVER OR DISTEMPER.

      In a series of letters on this subject I entered at great length into the nature of distemper, as it is called, in order to show its exact similarity to typhus fever; and in that opinion I am more than ever settled with enlarged time and opportunity of observation. It is extraordinary what a difference there is among observers; for Mr. Mayhew came to the conclusion that it is doubtful whether it is contagious or not; and that all dogs, whether starved or taken care of, are equally its victims. Now, in this opinion I believe he will be at variance with ninety-nine out of a hundred of those who have had to do with dogs, and I am decidedly of opinion that he is wrong in both suppositions. But leaving out of view all the arguments pro and con. which I have heretofore inflicted upon my readers, I will proceed to describe what I believe to be the essence of the disease, and its best mode of treatment, which is what the sportsman chiefly cares about, and in which there is very little difference in principle between the plans advocated by Mr. Mayhew and my own, which were, however promulgated long before his volume’ saw the light.

      THE ESSENCE OF THE DISEASE is a depraved or poisoned condition of the blood, which may arise spontaneously or be produced by contagion. When it arises from contagion, the disease is clearly distemper from the first; but when arising spontaneously, it often supervenes upon other diseases, such as common or epidemic catarrh, &c.; and then it is not at once clear in the early stage whether it may assume the character of distemper or not. No other disease prostrates the system so rapidly, nor does any other produce such rapid emaciation—both arising from the action of a poison in the blood, by which the nervous system is affected, and the solid matter of the muscles rapidly broken down. It appears to me that in the genuine distemper all the secretions are vitiated in quality, or diminished in quantity, so that the urine is high-coloured and scanty; the bowels are costive or loose, and their discharges of a peculiarly offensive character; and the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, and lungs pour out a thick viscid and yellow mucus. The bile, if any is secreted, is black and scanty; and the saliva is absent, with a thick black formation of sordes about the mouth in its place. Since, therefore, those which are altered are not nearly all mucous secretions, but of different glands, it can scarcely be said to be a fever of mucous membranes alone, but rather a fever implicating all the secretions of the body, and also the organs of nutrition, so that the body is neither properly depurated nor supported whilst it exists.

      THE SYMPTOMS are very various, as may be expected, considering the nature of the disease; and that it may either arise from contagion or in consequence of the attack of other diseases. They may, however, mainly be summed up as consisting of two sets—first, the invariable symptoms; and secondly, the occasional ones. The invariable symptoms are low insidious fever, excessive prostration, and rapid emaciation, both much greater than any other similar disease will produce; so that it is very common to find a dog which is in tolerable health, though perhaps ailing slightly, quite unable to stand in three days, and wasted to a skeleton. These symptoms often occur without purging, or any apparent cause except the fever; and when they come on, even where there is no running at the eyes and

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