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

by Alfred Joseph Sewell

Heat, The:

See [Œstrum].

Hemiplegia:

Symptoms: Paralysis of one side of body, including limbs.

Treatment: Unless attack is due to a known cause, as an accident or the result of distemper, commence treatment with a dose of worm medicine, followed by a brisk purge. If no better in a few days, give a course of the following pills:—

Recipe:

Ergotine,	6 to 24 grains.[1]
Powdered Nux Vomica,	1 to 4 ”
Ex. cip. q.s.
Mix.

Divide into 12 pills—one to be given three times a day after food.

When the paralysis is the result of distemper, the same pills may be given, with from one[1] to three grains of reduced iron each time.