The Dog's Medical Dictionary / An encyclopædia of the diseases, their diagnosis & treatment, and the physical development of the dog

by Alfred Joseph Sewell

• Abrasions, [1]
• Abscesses, [1]
• Acidy, or Gastric Catarrh, [1]
• Acne, [2]
• Adrenalin, [9]
• Albuminaria, [3]
• Alopecia, [3]
• Amaurosis, [4], [25]
• Anæmia, [4]
• Anæsthetics, [5]
• Anal Glands, Congestion and Irritation of, [10]
• Aneurism, [10]
• Angina Pectoris, [11]
• Anthrax, [11]
• Anus, fistula of, [119];
• inflammation of skin about, [234];
• licking of, [10];
• prolapsus of, [11]
• Apoplexy, [13]
• Appendicitis, [13]
• Appetite, want of, [14];
• morbid, [14]
• Arsenic poison, [216]
• Artery, dilation of an, [10]
• Arthritis, [15]
• Artificial respiration, [16], [269]
• Asphyxia, [16]
• Asthma, [16]
• Back, broken, [130];
• injuries to, [341]
• Bad breath, [17]
• Balanitis, [19]
• Baldness, [3]
• Bark, loss of, [324]
• Bed-sores, [19]
• Biliousness, [20]
• Bite, snake, [279]
• Bites, [21]
• Bladder, calculi in, [34];
• irritable, [22];
• paralysis of, [23]
• Blade-bone, fracture of, [124]
• Bleeding gums, [143]
• Bleeding from nose, [193];
• from stomach, [24]
• Blindness, [25]
• Blisters, [25]
• Blisters, to apply, [26]
• Blood-poisoning, [26]
• Boils, [27]
• Bone, diseased, [190];
• inflammation of the membrane covering, [210];
• ulceration of, [36]
• Bowel, lower, protrusion of, [11]
• Bowels, inflammation of the, [27], [106];
• intussusception of, [28];
• worms in, [331]
• Brain, inflammation of the membrane of, [179];
• water on the, [149]
• Breast, inflammation of, [29], [179]
• Breath, bad, [17]
• Breathing, difficulty of, in Bulldogs, [29]
• Breeding, [238]
• Bronchitis, [30], [31]
• Bruises, [32]
• Bugs, harvest, [144]
• Bulldog, difficulty of breathing in, [29];
• how to muzzle, [185]
• Burns, [32];
• blisters after, [25]
• Calculi, [33];
• in bladder, [34]
• Cancer, [36]
• Carbolic acid poison, [220]
• Caries, [36]
• Cataract, [37]
• Catarrh, nasal, [38], [188]
• Catheter, how to pass, [38]
• Cerebral congestion, [40]
• Cervical vertebræ, fracture of, [130]
• Chalky Stones, [40]
• Chest, acute pain in, [11]
• Chloroform, [5]
• Choking, [41]
• Chorea, [42]
• Chronic gastritis, [137]
• Claws, dew-, [58], [186]
• Cocaine, [7]
• Coins, swallowing of, [43]
• Cold in the head, [38]
• Colic, [27], [45]
• Collapse, [46]
• Coma, [47]
• Compound fracture, [128]
• Conception, false, [116]
• Condylomata, [326]
• Congenital deformities, [55]
• Congestion, cerebral, [40]
• Conjunctivitis, [48]
• Consciousness, loss of, [46]
• Constipation, [48]
• Consumption, [50]
• Convulsions, [13];
• in puppies, [50]
• Corns, [51]
• Coughs, [52]
• Cracked feet, [117]
• Crack in teats, [288]
• Cuts, [52]
• Cutting the teeth, [299]
• Cystitis, [22]
• Cysts, [53]
• Dandruff, [53]
• Deafness, [54]
• Debility, [55]
• Defective lactation, [167]
• Deformities, Congenital, [55]
• Delirium, [59]
• Destroy dogs, how to, [59]
• Dew-claws, [58], [186]
• Diabetes Insipidus, [60];
• mellitis, [61]
• Diarrhœa, [61];
• in puppies, [63]
• Discharge from ear, [64];
• from vagina, [317]
• Disinfect kennels, how to, [165]
• Dislocations, [65]
• Distemper, [70]
• Docking, [85]
• Doses, [86]
• Dosing, [86]
• Dropsy, [87]
• Drowning, [16]
• Dysentery, [90]
• Dyspepsia, [91]
• Dysuria, [92]
• Ear, cyst in the flap of, [95];
• growths in, [96];
• polypus in, [97];
• scurfiness of, [97]
• Ear-ache, [92]
• Ear-canker, [64], [92]
• Ear-flap, cysts in, [53], [95]
• Eclampsia, parturient, [206]
• Ecthyma, [98]
• Eczema, [99]
• Elbow, Capped, [101];
• dislocation of, [66]
• Emaciation, [101]
• Emetics, [102]
• Emissions, [102]
• Emphysema, [102]
• Enema, [104]
• Enlargement of prostate gland, [233];
• of testicles, [303]
• Enteritis, [106]
• Epilepsy, [108]
• Epistaxis, [109]
• Erysipelas, [109]
• Erythema, [110]
• Eucaine, [9]
• Excessive lactation, [167]
• Excitement, sexual, [278]
• Exertion, result of great exhaustion, [111]
• Exhaustion, [111]
• Eye, disease of (glaucoma), [141];
• dislocation of, [111];
• formation of an opaque spot in the lens or pupil of, [37];
• growth on haw of, [113]
• Eyelashes, ingrowing, [56]
• Eyelids, inverted, [56];
• sore, [113]
• Eyes, blind, [25];
• diseased, [4];
• sore and weak, [48];
• unnaturally small, [56];
• weak (ophthalmia), [2]
• Fainting, [114]
• False conception, [116]
• Fatness, [199]
• Favus, [116]
• Feeding, [342]
• Feet, corns on, [51];
• cracked, [117];
• swelling between toes, [117]
• Femur, fracture of, [125]
• Fever, [118];
• puerperal, [236]
• Filaria immitis, [330]
• Fistula of anus, [119]
• Fits, [50], [108]
• Flatulence, [120];
• simple, [120]
• Foods, invalid, [159]
• Fracture, compound, [128]
• Fractures, [121]
• Gall-stones, [134]
• Gangrene, [134]
• Gas in the stomach, [120], [328]
• Gastric ulcer, [135]
• Gastritis, acute, [136];
• chronic, [137];
• specific, [137]
• Gland, prostate, enlargement of, [233];
• inflammation of, [234]
• Glandular enlargement, [139];
• lymphadenoma, [140]
• Glaucoma, [141]
• Gleet, [19]
• Goitre, [141]
• Gout, rheumatic, [269]
• Green stick fracture, [129]
• Gripping, [45]
• Groin, hernia, [146];
• swelling in, [274]
• Growths on penis, [208]
• Gumboil, [143]
• Gums, bleeding, [143];
• growth on, [142]
• Hæmorrhoids, [143]
• Hair, loss of, [3];
• superfluous, [286]
• Hare lip, [57]
• Harvest bugs, [144]
• Haw of eye, growth on, [113]
• Head, water in the, [149]
• Heart disease, [144];
• worms in, [330]
• Heart’s sac, inflammation of, [209]
• Heat, the, [201]
• Hemiplegia, [145]
• Hernia, [146]
• Hiccough, [148]
• Hoarseness, [149]
• Hock, dislocation of, [68];
• fracture of, [124]
• Humerus, fracture of, [123-4]
• Husk, chronic, [31]
• Hydrocele, [149]
• Hydrocephalus, [149]
• Hydrophobia, [150], [265]
• Hypodermic syringe, how to use, [150]
• Hysteria, [151]
• Ichthyosis, [151]
• Impetigo, [152]
• Impotence, [152]
• Incontinence of urine, [154]
• Indigestion, [155]
• Inflammation, [157];
• of a joint, [287];
• of bowels, [27];
• of breast, [29], [179];
• of heart’s sac, [209];
• of kidneys, [190];
• of membrane covering bone, [210];
• of membranes of the brain, [179];
• of prostate glands, [234];
• of skin about anus, [234];
• of testicle, [200], [303];
• of tongue, [308];
• of uterus, [315];
• of womb, [315]
• Influenza, [158]
• Inguinal hernia, [146]
• Injuries to back, [341];
• to stifle joint, [282];
• to vagina, [318]
• Insect bites, [158]
• Insects in coat, [175];
• (ticks), [307]
• Internal inflammation, [157]
• Intussusception of bowels, [28]
• Invalid foods, [159]
• Iodine and its compounds, poison, [223]
• Irritable bladder, [22]
• Irritation of skin, [163]
• Itch, [175]
• Jaundice, [163]
• Jaw, fracture of the upper and lower, [132];
• lock-, [172], [304]
• Joint, inflammation of, [15], [287]
• Kennels, how to disinfect, [165]
• Kidney, inflammation of the, [166], [190];
• stones in the, [33]
• Kill, how to, a dog, [59]
• Knee, dislocation of, [65]
• Lactation, defective, [167];
• excessive, [167]
• Larynx, inflammation of, [168]
• Lead poison, [169], [230]
• Leucorrhœa, [170]
• Lice, [158], [207]
• Liniment, [170]
• Lips, cracked, [171];
• sore, [171]
• Liver, sluggish, [171]
• Lock-jaw, [172], [304]
• Lumbago, [173], [270]
• Lungs, inflammation of, [173]
• Lupus, [171]
• Lymphadenoma, [140]
• Maggots, [175]
• Mange, follicular, [176];
• sarcoptic or common, [175]
• Marasmus, [178]
• Mastitis, [179]
• Maw worm, [335]
• Medicine, how to give, [86];
• purgative, [260]
• Membrane covering bone, inflammation of, [210]
• Meningitis, [179]
• Mercury poison, [221]
• Metacarpal bone, fracture of, [121]
• Metatarsal bone, fracture of, [121]
• Metritis, [315]
• Milk, [181];
• defective and excessive secretion, [167]
• Mouth, [143], [171], [288], [310]
• Mumps, [183]
• Muscles, wasting, [184]
• Muzzle, how to, a dog, [185]
• Nails, cutting, [186];
• dew-claws, [186];
• injuries to, [187]
• Nasal, see [Nose]
• Neck, fractures of bones of, [130];
• swelling on (goitre), [141]
• Necrosis, [190]
• Nephritis, [190]
• Nettlerash, [191]
• Neuralgia, [192]
• Nipples, sore, [193]
• Nose, bleeding from the, [109], [193];
• catarrh of the, [38], [188];
• parasites in, [189];
• polypus in, [190]
• Nursing, [194]
• Obesity, [199]
• Œrchitis, [200]
• Œstrum, [201]
• Ophthalmia, [201]
• Orifice of prepuce too small and too large, [212], [231], [233]
• Otorrhœa, [92]
• Oxide of zinc, poison, [227]
• Ozœna, [202]
• Palate, cleft, [58]
• Palpitation, [203]
• Palsy, shaking, [278]
• Paralysis, [203];
• of bladder, [23];
• of one side, [145];
• of tongue, [308]
• Paraphymosis, [206]
• Parasites, nasal, [189]
• Parturient eclampsia, [206]
• Patella, dislocation of, [69]
• Pediculi, [207]
• Pelvis, fracture of, [127]
• Penis, growths on, [208]
• Pericarditis, [209]
• Perineal hernia, [146]
• Peritonitis, [210]
• Perostitis, [210]
• Perspiration, [211]
• Phimosis, [212]
• Phosphorus, poison, [219]
• Phthisis, [212]
• Pig jaw, [58]
• Piles, [143], [212]
• Pill, how to give, [87]
• Pimple, [11]
• Poisoning, blood-, [26];
• lead-, [169], [230]
• Poisons, [213]
• Polypus in ear, [97], [190];
• of vagina, [320]
• Prepuce, opening of sheaf of, too small, [212], [231];
• too large, [233]
• Prolapsus of vagina, [320]
• Prostate gland, enlargement of, [233]
• Prostatitis, [234]
• Pruritus ani, [234]
• Psoriasis, [235]
• Puerperal fever, [236]
• Pulse, [237]
• Puppies, convulsions in, [50];
• diarrhœa in, [63]
• Pupping, [238]
• Purgative medicine, [260]
• Purpura, [263]
• Pyæmia, [263]
• Pyrosis, [264]
• Rabies, [265]
• Radius, fracture of, [123]
• Ranula, [267]
• Redness of skin, [269]
• Respiration, artificial, [16], [269]
• Rheumatic gout, [269]
• Rheumatism, [270]
• Ribs, fracture of, [130]
• Rickets, [273]
• Ringworm, [116], [274]
• Rubbish, eating of, [15]
• Rupture, [275]
• St. Vitus’s Dance, [42]
• Santonine, [229]
• Scalds, [275]
• Scapula, fracture of, [124]
• Scrotum, swelling of, [149], [323]
• Scurf, [53]
• Scurfiness of ear-flap, [97]
• Sea-sickness, [276]
• Sediment in urine, [314]
• Seton, how to put in a, [276]
• Sexual excitement, [278]
• Shaking palsy, [278]
• Shock, [279]
• Shoulder-bone, fracture of the lower extremity of, [123]
• Shoulder-joint, dislocation of, [67]
• Sickness, [325];
• sea-, [276]
• Skin about anus, inflammation of, [234]
• Skin diseases, [98], [99], [110], [151], [152], [235], [263], [273];
• irritation of, [163];
• redness of, [268];
• outer, rubbed off, [1]
• Skull, fracture of the bones of, [131]
• Sluggish liver, [171]
• Snake bite, [279]
• Snoring, [280], [284]
• Sore eyelids, [113]
• Sores at tip of tail, [287]
• Sore throat, [307]
• Spaying, [281]
• Specific gastritis, [137]
• Spermatic cord, swelling in, [323]
• Spot in the lens or pupil of the eye, [37]
• Spots, small red, about the body, [2]
• Sprains, [281]
• Squinting, [56]
• Sterility, [153]
• Stifle-joint, deformities of, [58];
• injury to, [282]
• Stings, [283]
• Stomach, bleeding from, [24];
• gas or wind in, [120], [328];
• ulcer of, [135];
• worms in, [331]
• Stones, chalky, [40];
• in bladder, [34];
• in kidney, [33]
• Stoutness, [284]
• Stricture of vagina, [322]
• Strychnine, poison, [213]
• Stye, [284]
• Suffocation, [285]
• Sunstroke, [344]
• Superfluous hair, [286]
• Swallowing of coins, [43]
• Synovitis, [287]
• Syringe, hypodermic, [150]
• Tail, cutting (docking), [85];
• fracture of bones of the, [129];
• sores at the tip of, [287]
• Tartar, emetic poison, [225];
• on the teeth, [299]
• Teats, crack in, [288]
• Teeth, [288];
• cutting the tusks, [299];
• tartar on the, [299]
• Temperature, how to take, [300]
• Testicles, absence of, [58];
• enlargement of, [303];
• inflammation of, [200], [303]
• Tetanus, [304]
• Thermometer, how to use, [305]
• Thigh-bone, fracture of, [125]
• Thirst, great, [1], [306]
• Throat, sore, [307]
• Tibia, fracture of, [124]
• Ticks, [307]
• Toes, dislocation of, [65];
• dog born without, [58];
• swelling between, [117]
• Tongue, chorea in, [42], [308];
• inflammation of, [308];
• paralysis of, [308];
• warts on, [309];
• wounds and ulcers of, [310]
• Tonsilitis, [307]
• Toothache, [310]
• Tumour of vagina, [322]
• Tumours, [311]
• Turpentine poison, [226]
• Ulceration of bone, [36]
• Ulcers, [312];
• of stomach, [135];
• of tongue, [310]
• Ulna, fracture of, [123]
• Umbilical hernia, [146]
• Uræmia, [313]
• Urethritis, [314]
• Urine, incontinence of, [154];
• sediment in, [315]
• Urticaria, [191]
• Uterus, inflammation of, [315]
• Vagina, discharge from, [317];
• injuries to, [318];
• polypus of, [320];
• prolapsus of, [320];
• stricture of, [322];
• tumour of, [322]
• Varicocele, [323]
• Vertigo, [324]
• Voice, loss of, [324]
• Vomiting, [325]
• Vulva, discharge from, [170]
• Warts, [326];
• on the tongue, [309]
• Water, frequent passing of, [92];
• on the brain, [149]
• Weaning, [327]
• Wen, [328]
• Wind in the stomach, [120], [328]
• Womb, inflammation of, [315]
• Worm, maw, [335]
• Worms in the heart, [330];
• in the stomach and bowels, [331]
• Wounds, [335];
• of tongue, [310]
• Zinc, oxide of, poison, [227]

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