22 LIST OF SPECIFICS AND REMEDIES. 



half, one third or fourth of the usual quantity 

 allowed, and only that which is nourishing, easily 

 digested, and generally relaxing. With these 

 general restrictions, the usual kind of food may 

 be permitted, except in the case of dogs, where 

 only stale bread and milk should be allowed in 

 urgent cases, and but little or no meat, and no 

 salted or spiced food in any case. After the more 

 urgent symptoms of the disease have passed over, 

 and the animal is recovering, we should be care- 

 ful and not give full feed, as a relapse may thus 

 easily be provoked, and prove very stubborn and 

 dangerous. 



At least half an hour or hour should intervene 

 after taking a dose of medicine, before the animal 

 should be fed, as the system is more susceptible 

 then than at any other time. 



All nostrums, domestic medicines, or herb-teas 

 however harmless or beneficial otherwise^ are 

 STRICTLY PROHIBITED, as the Specific Medicine 

 must be permitted to act upon the system entirely 

 undisturbed by any predjudicial influences. 



Injections of water, soap and water, or salt and 

 water, are always allowable, and may often be 

 used with great benefit. They are usually admin- 

 istered without difficulty, and in no case injurious, 

 and should one fail to produce an evacuation, 

 another or more may be repeated, until the result 

 is accomplished. 



HOW TO FEEL THE PULSE. 



This is best done by placing the finger on the 

 artery, where it passes over the lower jaw, about 

 four inches below its angle. Place the fore-finger 

 on the side of the lower jaw, at its angle, and 



