In some cases it is necessary to apply ice to the protruding part, when it is very much swollen, before it can be returned.
Parturient Eclampsia:
Symptoms: This occurs in nervous and excitable bitches two or three weeks after pupping. The bitch is unable to stand, or does so with great difficulty. She generally lies on her side, with legs outstretched and head drawn back, panting violently and frothing at the mouth. The attack, though very distressing, generally lasts some hours, leaving the bitch much prostrated; it is seldom attended with fatal results.
Treatment: As soon as the bitch is able to swallow, give from five[1] to fifteen grains each of bromide of potassium and hydrated chloral in water. The dose may be repeated in two or three hours if necessary.
Once a bitch has had an attack of this complaint she generally has another in the course of a few days, but it may be prevented by giving some bromide of potassium regularly for a time—as from three[1] to ten grains three times a day with the food or in a little water.
Diet: Fish, tripe, and milk food may be generously given, but avoid red meat.
Pediculi (Lice):
Symptoms: Small, bluish-grey insects generally found with the head stuck in the skin—standing on their heads, as it were. They may be seen on all parts of the dog, but the favourite places seem to be the nose, ears, and underneath the chest. The lice lay their eggs or nits on the hair, to which they stick by a very adhesive material and are difficult to remove.
These insects cause intolerable irritation, and as a consequence, the dog is always scratching, and loses condition.