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ANODYNES. 



Anodynes are required in the dog chiefly to stop diarrhoea, 

 which is a very common disease with him. Sometimes also they are 

 used for the purpose of relieving spasm. Opium is so little objec- 

 tionable in the dog that it is almost the only anodyne used ; but 

 the dose must be far larger than for human beings, and less than 

 a teaspoonful of laudanum for an average dog will be found to be 

 wholly ineffectual. 

 For slight purging : 



6.— Prepared chalk, 2 to 3 drachms. 

 Aromatic confection, 1 drachm. 

 Laudanum, 3 to 8 drachms. 

 Powder of gum arable, 2 drachms. 

 Water, 7 ounces. 

 Miij^and give two tablespoonfuls every time the bowels are relaxed, 

 or, 

 7. — Castor oil, from a dessert to a tablespoonful. 

 Laudanum, 1 to 2 drachms. 

 Mix, and give as a drench, repeating it in a day or two if necessary. 



For long standing and severe purgation : 

 8. — Creosote, 2 drachms. 



Laudanum, 6 to 8 drachms. 

 Prepared chalk, 2 drachms. 

 Powdered gum arabic, 2 drachms. 

 Tincture of ginger, 2 drachms. 

 Peppermint water, 6 ounces. 

 Mix, and give two tablespoonfuls every time the bowels are relaxed, but 

 not more often than every four hours. 



ANTISPASMODICS. 



Antispasmodics are useful in allaying cramp or spasm, but, as in 

 the case of Alteratives, we do not know how they act. The chief 

 ones are opium, ether, spirits of turpentine, and camphor, pre- 

 scribed according to the following formulas : 

 9. — Laudanum. 



Sulphuric ether, of each i to 1 drachm. 

 Camphor mixture, 1 ounce. 

 Mix, and give in any ordinary spasm, as colic, etc. 



