Diseases of the dog and their treatment (1911) (14782560464)

Identifier: diseasesofdogthe00ml (find matches)
Title: Diseases of the dog and their treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Müller, Georg Alfred, 1851-1923 Glass, Alexander
Subjects: Horses Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alexander Eger
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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ine the rectum when certain symptoms are shownin defecation or the faeces indicate some abnormal condition of therectum, such as inflammation, abscesses, tumors, or dilation or con-traction of that organ. Or we may examine the rectum to removeforeign bodies or particularly hard pieces of faeces or to diagnose ab-normal conditions of the neighboring organs, or structures, such as theprostate gland, vagina, uterus, neck of bladder, or if tumors or abscessesare suspected in the pelvis. In very small animals the examination of DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUSorgans can be made easier by palpation of the abdominal 28 thesewall. In certain cases where light has to be thrown on the rectal mucousmembrane the necessary examination can be made by means of a specu-lum and then a mirror or an electric torch can be used to throw the lightinto the cavity. Inflammation of the rectum from any cause, such ashemorrhoids, fistulae, foreign bodies, or abscesses, can be readily exam-ined by this means.
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lio. i:j.—Examinatiou of the lower bowel with speculum. The Faeces. The number of times that an animal has an evacuation of thebowels depends on the two circumstances: The quantity and characterof the food and the rapidity with which it passes through the bowels.Normally, an animal has two or three passages daily; sometimes evenless. Diarrhcea, as a result of catarrh of the intestines, may be due toa variety of causes, such as irregular diet, cold, or to some infectiousdisease (distemper), latter stages of infectious hemorrhagic gastro-enteritis, EXAMINATION OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS 29 septicaemia, or some irritant in the food; but it may also be caused bya laxative independent of the catarrh. Constipation is common in all old dogs and in starved animals, inanimals weakened from exhausting diseases, in animals that have nothad sufficient exercise, or fed with constipating food, icterus, peritonitis,in the onset of all diseases with rise of temperature, in the majority ofchronic af