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thought necessary, after an Interval of 

 three or four days, it may be repeated. 

 For dogs under fifty pounds In weight, and 

 puppies, the dose should be proportionate- 

 ly smaller, bearing in mind that the medi- 

 cine Is not administered as a laxative, but 

 as an alterative. 



Sulphur is also very useful in this dis- 

 order, when it is properly administered. 

 Large doses should never be given, as an 

 overdose will nearly always act as an irri- 

 tant, and pass through the bowels so quick- 

 ly that not nearly the benefit will be de- 

 rived from It as from a dose administered 

 In the proper quantity. 



The dose for a dog of about fifty pounds 

 weight should not exceed In quantity a 

 lump the size of a pea, and for smaller 

 animals the dose should be reduced in 

 like ratio. It should be finely powdered, 

 and may be given In milk or In a bit of 

 meat once a day for a week, or longer, 

 should the case appear to demand It. This 



