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as ever. I scarcely need add that I was 

 greatly surprised at the result, knowing 

 that the drugr was all riorht, havinor taken 

 one of the pills myself but a few days pre- 

 vious. I was also surprised that he should 

 recover from so severe an attack, and 

 whether the drug was of any benefit to him 

 or not I could not determine. I give this 

 instance merely to show that the action of 

 this drug cannot always be depended upon 

 in canine practice. 



The use of drastic medicines and power- 

 ful drugs in canine practice is not nearly so 

 common now as formerly, but there are 

 many practitioners who continue to fol- 

 low in the footsteps of the shining lights of 

 ancient days, and who still continue to deal 

 out to their patients many an old-time 

 remedy that modern science has replaced 

 with less dangerous but far more useful 

 material ; and it is to be devoutly hoped by 

 every lover of man's best friend that the 

 good work will go on until all the mistakes 



