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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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of an explorative puncture has been proven to1)0 so, a laparotomy must be performed, and the whole abdominal cavitywashed out with a weak solution of salicvlic or boric acid. When the ABDOMINAL DROPSY 99 animal shows signs of recovery, the diet must be carefully regulated, atfirst milk, or thin soup, as the animal is very apt to vomit. Then thelightest diet, soup, milk, juice of beef, a small quantity of lemon juice canbe administered, a teaspoonful at a time, or a teaspoonful of essence ofpepsin. Abdominal Dropsy. (Hydrops Ascites; Ascites; Hydrops Abdominis; Hydrops Peritonei.) By this is meant a collection of serous liquid in the abdominal cavitythat originates without inflammatory symptoms, being due to transuda-tion. The amount of liquid collected varies very much. In some casesthere are only a few spoonfuls, in others 15 to 20 litres of liquid. The color of the liquid is sometimes as clear as water, but generallyit is reddish-yellow. It may also be filled w-ith flakes of fibrin,
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Fig. 52.—Dog with ascites. which indicate chronic peritonitis, or turbid as milk (chylous ascites).When exposed to the atmosphere it usually remains fluid and only inrare instances it becomes firm and jelly-like. It is thin and watery andslightly sticky when pressed between the fingers and about the specificgravity of blood serum. At first the peritoneum is normal, but, if thiscondition lasts some time, the peritoneum becomes macerated, is pale ordull white, and finally a general degeneration sets in. When the animal 100 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS has been repeatedly punctured, inflammatoi-y processes may take place,and are followed by adhesions. The abdominal organs become anaemicand freciucntly dropsical (Fig. 52). Etiology.—Ascites never appears as an independent disease, butmust be regarded as a symptom of another disease. As the peritonealveins belong to the mesenteric system, any obstruction of the portalveins cause these serous collections, for instance, in cirrhos

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