Symptoms: Vomiting of blood, sometimes of a bright red colour, at other times dark red or venous blood; and when it has been retained in the stomach some time, it comes up liquid of a coffee colour.
Treatment: Give the following mixture:—
Recipe:
| Tincture Thalaspi, | 24 drops. |
| Liquor Bismuth, | ½ ounce. |
| Water to | 3 ounces. |
Doses: One teaspoonful to a tablespoonful[1] every three or four hours.
Diet: Milk, also Benger’s food with milk, kreochyle with Vichy water. Brand’s essence and milk, either peptonised or plain, is the best food. When sickness is very severe, stomach should be rested for twenty-four hours, and the dog fed with nutritive enema, say from one[1] to six tablespoonfuls peptonised milk every three hours alternately, with a beef suppository (B and W). These may be purchased in different sizes.
Blindness, Amaurosis:
Symptoms: Eyes clear and bright, pupils large, with a greenish look. Loss of colour to eye—as the iris is so dilated, cannot be seen or scarcely seen. Sometimes follows distemper; a result of fits; great excitement or exertion, as violent vomiting. Pupil will not contract when exposed to light, except very strong sunlight.
Treatment: Disease seldom curable. Try following eye drops:—
Recipe: