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Hysteria
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b eing very difficult to hear th e beat on the left side, but quite easily on the right side. These animals had been injured at one time or other in motor car accidents, and this may have been th e result. A few subjects have come to my notice wh ere a strained h eart has been diagnosed. These cases show all the familiar signs of distress on climbing hills or stairs, and they lag behind when out on exercise. Clinical examination in a few dogs shows the heart to be dila t ed or enla rged . With careful treatment and dieting, th ese heart condition recover, provided that there is no valvular di sease resulting, and the palpitation gradually decreases. In the horse it has b een found th at out of a stud qf 80-90 h orses, many ha ve irregula r heart action- generally in those getting on in years. Their history shows tha t at some time in their career, they have been employed at heavy dragging work in woods. At various in tervals, on e of these cases has suddenly gone down with a severe colic, a nd it is impossible to get them on th eir feet again. They seem to suffer very severe pain , and become paralysed in the hind qua rters, and wh en lifted , th ey cannot ge t to their fee t . From a few p ost-rnortan s made in this typ e of case, I have found hypertroph y of the h eart , and no towel lesion . On e case had myocarditi s. The severe pain evinced is simila r to a ngina-pectoris in huma n beings, a nd I a m not just certain if thi s condition h as been recorded previously . Certainly there is a very wide fi eld open for re earch work on heart ai lments in animals.
Hysteria. By MAJOR W. S. LORNIE, M.C. T.D .. M.R.C.V.S., P ertlt . THis malady is ra ther common at th e moment , and cases c rop up continually. Many drugs have been tried in th e treatment of this disease, and for some time I have been treating these cases with a fair amount of success, by simply regulating the diet of the animal and giving a preliminary sharp dose of magnesium sulphate, followed by suitable doses of ostelin . Th e disease is probably a d eficiency disease, due to over feeding with biscuits and meat. My usual procedure is to stop all biscuits and m eat , placing the animal on suitable milk food s, combined with fish, and cod-liver oil if the animal is in thin condition. Provided that th e an imals are fed accordingly the condition seldom returns. In one case under my care, the symptoms become m a nifest if the dog is fed on meat and biscuits, a nd as soon as the diet is changed
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th e animal becumes normal again, showing that diet has a lot to do with it. Vet erinary ostelin can be given in these cases, and this drug can be obtained from a ny vet erina ry druggists .
Notes on the Rearing of Tiger Cubs. By D. S. LUND, G.B.V.C., F.Z.S., Sttperintendent, Victoria Gardens, Bombay . . IF th e tiger cubs are very yo ung, viz. below three month s old , they may be fed on goats' milk. A foster-mother goat should be obtained and the cubs a llowed to suckle th e foster-mother ; or cows' milk dilu ted ,,·ith water (i part milk a nd l part wa ter), shou ld be given in a feeding bottle thrice or four times a day ; or H orlick'· Ma lted Milk may be given- say about eight spoonfuls in 4 ozs. of wa ter ; wh en abou t fo ur month s old , the cubs hould be given with the mi lk a little quant it~· o f raw mutton-soft a nd clean a nd free from shreds a nd wh en th ey begin to eat and digest the meat , th e same should be increased gradua lh·, decreasing a t the same time th e quantity of milk , wh en they get u:;ed to meat. Till one year th e cubs require to be ha ndled very carefully, particula rly ab out th e teething tim e or when th ey suffer from worms or digestive troubles. For worm s" San ton in " in quantity of~ t o l gra in for young ones, once a month , may be given wh en th e ~· begin to ea t raw meat . In a n adult tiger the dose of " Santonin " is from 6 t o 8 gra in s. For digestive trouble "Castor-oil " should be gt,·en. :\ teaspoonful or two t easpoonfuls is the dose of" Castor-oil " for young tiger cubs; for adults th e dose of" Castor-oil" is from 2 oz . to 3 oz. T he healthy stools a re solid a nd passed twice or thrice a day, a nd a re fr e from an y smell, mucus or blood . W e gi,·e beef to our tigers in the Garden Th e qua ntity for each adult tiger is 12 t o 15 lbs. once a day, according to size, but cubs should be given mutton , a nd when they get used to it , then beef hould be substitu t ed gradua lly. Sometimes fowl may be given, or rabbit . Diarrh cea, d ysentery, distemper paralysis, skin-disease, worm, a nd other gastric troubles a re the commones t diseases in th is class of carnivom. In this Garden the young carnivora a re allowed to stay with their moth er till they a re about six to eight month s old . a nd during the time th ey are nourished by the mother. They commence to chew meat from th e third month and feed with the mother till t hey a re six or eight months old . The cubs are ta ken out from the cages a nd a re a llowed t o play on th e lawn s with th e keeper till they a re six month old. when th ey begin to get troublesome and are dan gero us t o be ha ndled .
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b eing very difficult to hear th e beat on the left side, but quite easily on the right side. These animals had been injured at one time or other in motor car accidents, and this may have been th e result. A few subjects have come to my notice wh ere a strained h eart has been diagnosed. These cases show all the familiar signs of distress on climbing hills or stairs, and they lag behind when out on exercise. Clinical examination in a few dogs shows the heart to be dila t ed or enla rged . With careful treatment and dieting, th ese heart condition recover, provided that there is no valvular di sease resulting, and the palpitation gradually decreases. In the horse it has b een found th at out of a stud qf 80-90 h orses, many ha ve irregula r heart action- generally in those getting on in years. Their history shows tha t at some time in their career, they have been employed at heavy dragging work in woods. At various in tervals, on e of these cases has suddenly gone down with a severe colic, a nd it is impossible to get them on th eir feet again. They seem to suffer very severe pain , and become paralysed in the hind qua rters, and wh en lifted , th ey cannot ge t to their fee t . From a few p ost-rnortan s made in this typ e of case, I have found hypertroph y of the h eart , and no towel lesion . On e case had myocarditi s. The severe pain evinced is simila r to a ngina-pectoris in huma n beings, a nd I a m not just certain if thi s condition h as been recorded previously . Certainly there is a very wide fi eld open for re earch work on heart ai lments in animals.
Hysteria. By MAJOR W. S. LORNIE, M.C. T.D .. M.R.C.V.S., P ertlt . THis malady is ra ther common at th e moment , and cases c rop up continually. Many drugs have been tried in th e treatment of this disease, and for some time I have been treating these cases with a fair amount of success, by simply regulating the diet of the animal and giving a preliminary sharp dose of magnesium sulphate, followed by suitable doses of ostelin . Th e disease is probably a d eficiency disease, due to over feeding with biscuits and meat. My usual procedure is to stop all biscuits and m eat , placing the animal on suitable milk food s, combined with fish, and cod-liver oil if the animal is in thin condition. Provided that th e an imals are fed accordingly the condition seldom returns. In one case under my care, the symptoms become m a nifest if the dog is fed on meat and biscuits, a nd as soon as the diet is changed
REARING OF TIGER CUBS
473
th e animal becumes normal again, showing that diet has a lot to do with it. Vet erinary ostelin can be given in these cases, and this drug can be obtained from a ny vet erina ry druggists .
Notes on the Rearing of Tiger Cubs. By D. S. LUND, G.B.V.C., F.Z.S., Sttperintendent, Victoria Gardens, Bombay . . IF th e tiger cubs are very yo ung, viz. below three month s old , they may be fed on goats' milk. A foster-mother goat should be obtained and the cubs a llowed to suckle th e foster-mother ; or cows' milk dilu ted ,,·ith water (i part milk a nd l part wa ter), shou ld be given in a feeding bottle thrice or four times a day ; or H orlick'· Ma lted Milk may be given- say about eight spoonfuls in 4 ozs. of wa ter ; wh en abou t fo ur month s old , the cubs hould be given with the mi lk a little quant it~· o f raw mutton-soft a nd clean a nd free from shreds a nd wh en th ey begin to eat and digest the meat , th e same should be increased gradua lh·, decreasing a t the same time th e quantity of milk , wh en they get u:;ed to meat. Till one year th e cubs require to be ha ndled very carefully, particula rly ab out th e teething tim e or when th ey suffer from worms or digestive troubles. For worm s" San ton in " in quantity of~ t o l gra in for young ones, once a month , may be given wh en th e ~· begin to ea t raw meat . In a n adult tiger the dose of " Santonin " is from 6 t o 8 gra in s. For digestive trouble "Castor-oil " should be gt,·en. :\ teaspoonful or two t easpoonfuls is the dose of" Castor-oil " for young tiger cubs; for adults th e dose of" Castor-oil" is from 2 oz . to 3 oz. T he healthy stools a re solid a nd passed twice or thrice a day, a nd a re fr e from an y smell, mucus or blood . W e gi,·e beef to our tigers in the Garden Th e qua ntity for each adult tiger is 12 t o 15 lbs. once a day, according to size, but cubs should be given mutton , a nd when they get used to it , then beef hould be substitu t ed gradua lly. Sometimes fowl may be given, or rabbit . Diarrh cea, d ysentery, distemper paralysis, skin-disease, worm, a nd other gastric troubles a re the commones t diseases in th is class of carnivom. In this Garden the young carnivora a re allowed to stay with their moth er till they a re about six to eight month s old . a nd during the time th ey are nourished by the mother. They commence to chew meat from th e third month and feed with the mother till t hey a re six or eight months old . The cubs are ta ken out from the cages a nd a re a llowed t o play on th e lawn s with th e keeper till they a re six month old. when th ey begin to get troublesome and are dan gero us t o be ha ndled .