FANCIERS' COLUMN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 35

FANCIERS' COLUMN.

ANSWER TO COREESPONDENT.

The Otago Witness .has been appointed the official organ' for; the .publication of announcement! of the DHnediß Fanciers' Club.

Dog Lover.—The eye trouble is? I fancy by y.our description, glancoma, the-symp-toms of which are '• The'. "white, of the eye is very red, and the ball is distended and painful in pressure. The eye loses clearness. Disease usually begins in one eye, but the other often gets affected later. Treatment: Foment (this is A. J. Sewell's treatment) frequently with hot poppyhead tea, made by boiling fox a few minutes in a quart of boiling water two crushed poppyheads, and then strain through fine muslin. The tea should be applied as hot ■as' the dog can comfortably bear it. Also apply the •■ following drops :—Recipe— Dionin, 2 grains; pilocarpine, 1 grain; sulphate e'serine, £ grain; distilled water to 4 drachms. The other, trouble is umbilical hernia. 'lf not larger than a hazelnut and i-.oft, it may be left alone, as it does not cause any inconvenience. The swelling can be removed by manipulating till the protrusion is returned, when the loose skin may be tied tight, when by-and-bye it will fall off. Being such a young dog, attend to the jye first. In addition to the foregoing I may add that Hugh Dalziel, in "Diseases of Dc.gs," writes: —Niavei , hernia: An enlargement of the navel, sometimes called a wind navel, is often met with in puppies, and may be simply an expansion of the same. Navel hernia, or umbilical hernia, is the protrusion of a portion of the intestine of the omentum ' —the membranous covering of the bowels. It is frequently congenital, and may be caused by extra strain at birth on the umbilical cord; or the tongue of the mother ma.v extend the wound. It is soft and movable, varvinsr in size, and most prominent when the stomach and bowels are full. In treating fast the pup, and place over the enlargement a pad of vulcanised indiarubber or cork, tapered, the smaller end being applied on the protruding Dart after it had been pressed in, which 'Should be done when the bowels are nearly empty, and the pad secured by strips of white leather smeared with •warm pitch plaster. This should be done after the pup has been weaned and separated from its mother, or she will, with her tongue, remove or displace the application.