Dyspepsia:
Symptoms: Distention and discomfort after food, which is not eaten with usual relish. Action of bowels variable, sometimes constipated, at other times loose; occasionally vomiting after food. Tongue, instead of being of a nice pink colour, is brick-red. Dog drinks more than usual. There is loss of spirits and condition, and a disinclination to exercise.
Treatment: First give a purge as from 2 to 10 grains[1] of jalapine. Repeat dose in a week; also give following mixture:—
Recipe:
| Bicarbonate of Soda, | 2 drachms. |
| Tr. Rhubarb, | 3 ” |
| Tr. Gentian, | 4 ” |
| Tr. Nux Vomica, | 1 drachm. |
| Liquor Bismuth, | 1 ounce. |
| Water to | 6 ounces. |
Doses: One teaspoonful to one tablespoonful[1] three time a day half an hour before food. After food give from one to 5 grains[1] of ingluvin after each meal.
Dogs suffering from dyspepsia should be treated for worms.
Diet: In bad cases, for a few days give milk with Benger’s food, also milk mixed with equal parts Vichy water to drink; later feed entirely on lean raw meat for a time, given three times a day; if it is refused quite raw, try it lightly grilled. Well-boiled tripe, or sheep’s brains boiled in milk, may also be offered.
Dysuria:
Symptoms: Frequent passing of water, which is generally of a clear water colour, the dog at times passing it unconsciously whilst standing. In some cases the urine may be cloudy or even tinged with blood, when there is a stone in the bladder or kidney.