This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter X.--Common Ailments of the Dog AS this handbook is intended for the guidance of the novice who knows little if anything about dogs, it is not our intention to dip deeply into veterinary matters. Rather shall we endeavour to pick out the common ailments from which practical experience has ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter X.--Common Ailments of the Dog AS this handbook is intended for the guidance of the novice who knows little if anything about dogs, it is not our intention to dip deeply into veterinary matters. Rather shall we endeavour to pick out the common ailments from which practical experience has taught us any dog may suffer, leaving more obscure diseases, with which the dog owner is less likely to be confronted, to the skilled attention of the vet. It will also be our object to endeavour as far as possible to recommend such medicines and treatment as are within the reach of all, elaborate concoctions not coming within the province of practical treatment. In some ways dogs are very like human beings, and there is no doubt that anyone who knows the elementary principles of hygiene, and possesses a modicum of common sense, can successfully treat a dog. If in doubt as to what line of treatment to pursue, it is always safe to adopt the human remedies for the dog, the only medicine which seems to be particularly injurious to the latter even in small doses being calomel or mercury in any form. It cannot be too strongly impressed on the dog-owner that indisposition of any sort is almost always due to errors in diet or general management. No germ can take up its position in a victim and cause disease unless the environment is suitable for its propagation, so that a dog which is correctly fed and exercised and which is not therefore suffering from lowered vitality cannot "catch" diseases. House-dogs are undoubtedly the greatest sufferers from minor complaints of all sorts. As stated earlier in this book they are nearly always the victims of errors in dietary and insufficient exercise and general attention. In a heated house their position is truly...
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Good. No Jacket. 4 1/4x6 1/2. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4 1/4x6 1/2. 140 pages w/photo illust. Green cloth w/kennel design in gold on front. Heavy foxing on endpapers. Prior owner name on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean.
