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similar to that sometimes found in man, so that it might not be 

 necessary to give the liquors with their food. About two weeks 

 were lost in this attempt during the first part of April. They 

 practically refused to take enough to make the experiment worth 

 trying. Accordingly, the doses were given, as with the others, 

 mixed with their food at night. 



The amount necessary to give in order to make the experiment 

 at all comparable with the others, as to amount of alcohol, was 

 such as to make their meals very wet and bulky. Curves of their 

 growths are included with that of the others in Fig. 7. They 

 are seen to grow well from April to June, Berry falling consid- 

 erably behind. They then came down with eczema, Berry having 

 it worst, Winnie somewhat lighter. Frisky not quite so bad as 

 either. I do not feel warranted in attributing this to either the 

 liquors employed or to kennel management, for no trace of the 

 disease had made its appearance before or with any of the other 

 dogs. It certainly could not be considered an alcohol effect, for 

 the largest dose of beer, 125 grammes, that Berry could take con- 

 tained no more than 5'5 grammes of alcohol (the beer contained 



Tipsy. 



Topsy II. 



Fig. 12. October, 1896. 



4'3 per cent). I am strongly inclined to think that both the 

 eczema and the scrawny growth of all three puppies is to be 

 attributed mainly to their sloppy food i. e., a water effect. A 

 number of books on the care of dogs caution strongly against 

 making the food of puppies " sloppy," danger of causing eczema 



