14 Nursing vs. Dosing. 



unacquainted. It Is to me a question 

 whether the desire to administer medicine 

 to the unfortunate dog, that seems to be 

 implanted In every human heart, Is a nat- 

 ural Instinct, Inherent In the human race 

 from Adam down, or something for which 

 we are Indebted to the old Romans, along 

 with many other bits of civilization which 

 we pride ourselves In possessing. 



I believe It to be Incontrovertlbly true 

 that more dogs are actually killed by so- 

 called medicine administered to them by 

 inexperienced owners than are benefited 

 thereby. Indeed, It is rare that any dog is 

 benefited by the remedies prescribed by a 

 person unpractlced in medical science. In 

 a letter received some years ago from the 

 late Mr. Ethan Allln he says : *'I believe 

 many more dogs are killed by dosing than 

 would die if left to themselves without any 

 medicine whatever." 



A dog doctor in New York, who claims 

 to be a veterinarian in good standing, and 



