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quiet place, and allow him to lick the wound, which is the best 

 medicine you can use. If the wound is where the dog cannot g-et 

 at it tp lick it, bathe it twice a day with luke warm water and 

 castile soap, and each time after bathing- wipe dry and apply the 

 white lotion. 



TUMORS OR GROWTHS ON THE SKIN. 



As soon as they are noticed it is best to cut them out clean. 

 First secure the dog- in the same manner as is given in the 

 treatment for "enlargfements and growths in the eye," then take 

 a sharp knife and skin the lump right out; let the dog go and do 

 nothing more to it, only let the dog lick it, for it is dangerous to 

 put medicine on cuts or wounds where the dog can lick it, for the 

 medicine might poison him. 



CONSTIPATION IN DOGS. 



This is where the bowels have stopped working. 



Symptoms. — The dog will not eat, seems very dull and 

 dumpish ; the belly seems fuller than natural ; he is often 

 noticed to strain, but does not pass much, and anything that does 

 come away will be hard and dry. 



Treatment. — For a small or young dog give 

 Syrup of Buckthorn J ounce or 1 tablespoonful. 



Pour this down twice a day, night and morning, until the 

 bowels are moved. For a large dog give one-half ounce or two table- 

 spoonfuls of syrup of buckthorn twice a day until it acts on him. 

 Castor oil is also recommended to be given in the same propor- 

 tions as the syrup of buckthorn. As well as giving the medicine 

 mentioned give an injection of a teacupful of luke warm water 

 with a little soap in it twice a day. Give the dog gentle exercise 

 once a day and see that he has nothing but new milk to drink 

 during the time he is sick. 



DIARRHOEA IN DOGS. 



This is not a very common disease in dogs, but is sometimes 

 seen, and is generally caused from a change in his food. 



Treatment. — Keep the dog very quiet, and in some cases by 

 g'iving him boiled new milk with a little dry flour in it, it will 

 :heck the diarrhoea without any medicine. If this fails, give to a 

 small dog half a dram or half a teaspoonful of tincture of laud- 

 anum and a teaspoonful of whisky in a tablespoonful of new milk 

 as a drench. For a large dog give one dram or a teaspoonful of 

 tincture of laudanum and a tablespoonful of whisky mixed in h«if 



