CHAPTER IV. 

 Operations. 



BLOOD-LETTING. 



THE best way to perform this operation on the dog 

 is to take the blood from the jugular vein. Tie a 

 ligature pretty tight round the animal's neck, close 

 to the shoulders, and when the vein has risen enough 

 to be seen distinctly, take a common lancet and make 

 an oblique puncture in it, when it will bleed copiously. 

 When a sufficient quantity has been taken away, 

 remove the ligature, and the bleeding will instantly 

 cease ; the incision will heal afterwards without any 

 application whatever. 



METHOD OF GIVING A BOLUS OR PILL. 



The method of administering a bolus, pill, or 

 other medicine to a dog, is to pull the tongue pretty 

 far out of his mouth, then put the medicine as close 

 to the root as possible, and when the animal draws 

 in his tongue, the medicine will descend into his 

 stomach. 



WORMING. 



Worming dogs has been considered a preventive 

 of hydrophobia since the time of Pliny ; but how 

 such an absurd idea should have prevailed for 1760 

 years, is quite unaccountable. Dr Blain very 



