1 6 Nursing vs. Dosing. 



For the medical profession I entertain 

 the most profound respect, and nothing In 

 these pages can be construed to reflect In 

 the least upon the practice of the "healing 

 art" by the duly qualified practitioner. 

 Neither will anything be found in dispar- 

 agement of any drug found In the pharma- 

 copoeia, nor of Its use, with few exceptions, 

 in canine practice when It is prescribed by 

 one who is qualified to judge from the 

 symptoms just what is required. But what 

 I do most emphatically condemn is the ad- 

 ministering of any drug to canine or human 

 sufferer by anyone not thoroughly qualified 

 to know from the nature of the disease the 

 proper remedy to apply. 



There is nothing that is more fascinating 

 to the average owner of dogs — especially if 

 a beginner — than the practice of the heal- 

 ing art upon the helpless and often unfor- 

 tunate animals that are under his care. 

 While It Is true that the feelings which 

 prompt the fancier to try to minister to the 



