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evacuation be trifling, a mild mercurial aperient 

 should be administered : viz. 



Calomel, - - - 10 grains. 



Aloes, - - - - 2 drachms. 



Make into four, six, or eight balls, according to 

 size, and give one every four or five hours till suc- 

 cessful. Clysters of mutton broth may be given, 

 and some should be forced down the throat if the 

 sickness be very obstinate. If the belly be hot and 

 stretched, the warm bath or fomentations will be 

 necessary. 



When the evacuations are bloody, no laxatives 

 should be used ; but the following administered : 



Powdered Colombo, - - l drachm. 



Powdered chalk, . . i drachm. 



Powdered gum-arabic, - 1 drachm. 



Powdered opium, - - 1 grain. 



Mix and divide into three, five, or seven baDs, 

 according to the size of the dog, and give one every 

 three or four hours. If the tase be desperate, give 

 also a starch clyster. 



10. Inflammation of the Bladder. 



This complaint is indicated by great restlessness 

 and panting ; in some instances, there is a total 

 stoppage of urine, when the belly is hot, swelled, 

 and very tender ; and, in others, it is evacuated by 

 frequent drops, tinged with blood. 



The dog so affected should be liberally bled, and 

 have opening medicines. James's powder, or small 

 repeated doses of tartar emetic, should be adminis- 

 tered. , Clysters and the warm bath are also neces- 

 sary ; when the latter is not convenient, warm 

 fomentations may answer the purpose. 



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