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needed very nearly as much as at any time. 

 Owing to the fevered condition of the in- 

 testines, constipation is very apt to be 

 troublesome, and the discharges must be 

 closely watched ; and if a tendency in this 

 direction is manifest, measures should at 

 once be taken to overcome it by the use of 

 an occasional meal of raw liver or small 

 doses of sweet oil. The oil should be 

 given in teaspoonful doses, and repeated 

 tw^o or three times a day if found to be 

 necessary. 



Castor oil should very rarely be admin- 

 istered to dogs. In cases of diarrhoea or 

 dysentery it may be used beneficially, but 

 in no other case should it ever be given, as 

 its action upon the lining of the intestines 

 induces a condition of dryness or fever that 

 will result in chronic constipation if its use 

 is long continued. It should be especially 

 avoided in all cases of distemper. I am 

 aware that to many this will appear to be 

 little short of heresy, as this medicine is a 



