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DOGS USED FOR SPORT. 



Sulphate of zinc, ten parts, 

 Sugar of lead, five parts. 

 Dilute one-half with water. M. Nelaton. 



No. 2. Liquor of sub-acetate of lead, two parts, 



Sulphate of zinc, one part, 

 Sulphate of copper, one part. 

 White wine vinegar, thirteen parts. 

 Let nothing be substituted for the vinegar. Druggists are in the habit of usin;- 

 pyroligneous acid in which the solution becomes a powerful caustic ; then the so 

 lution when settled has a blue color. It should be green. 

 Jiheximatic Liniment. 

 Chloral, 



Camphor, each one drachm, 

 Tincture aconite root, one ounce, 

 Cajeput oil, three drachms. 

 Alcohol to make four ounces. _ 

 Apply with camel's hair pencil over seat of pain. 



Spasmodic Astlnna in Dogs, 

 Chloral hydrate, five drachms, 

 Bromide of potassa, two and one-half drachms, 

 Syrup r>f orange flowers, 

 Distilled water, each one ounce. 

 Dose, one-half teaspoonful in two ounces of water every two hours. , 



Fleas. 

 A plentiful use of powder containing musk will usually eradicate fieas. 

 Scale of Doses for Dogs. Setters and Pointers. 



2 years of age full dose, 

 i8 months " two-thirds, 

 12 " " one-half, 



7 " " one-third, 



3 " " one-fourth, 

 2 " " one-eighth, 

 I " " one-twelfth. 



A full dose will average two-thirds of the dose for human beings. Of some 

 drugs, as opium, calomel, aloes, jalap, etc., the dog will bear larger doses than 

 the human subject. Of emetics such as tartarized antimony, the dose must be 

 but half of that used for man. " Bollinger." 



Sweet Spirits of Kitre. 

 We wish to call attention to the giving of sweet spirits of nitre. The drug 

 usually sold under that name will certainly promote the action of the kidneys, but 

 is after all not only unfit to give to dogs, much less human beings, being strongly 

 acid, and farther, not being sweet spirits of nitre at all. We know of but one make 

 worthy of physician's use, whether for man or beast. This is manufactured by Dr. 

 E. R. Squibb, of Brooklyn, New York. If you will procure a sample of this and 

 one of any other American manufacture and simply taste, you will be convinced. 

 You will find this preparation of a pale straw color, and furthermore is put up in 

 brown glass bottles. Any army or navy surgeon will tell you the same, as will any 

 educated pharmacist, unless he have pecuniary reason for otherwise stating. 

 Disinfectant for Kennels. 

 5. Tincture of camphor, three ounces, 

 Tincture of myrrh, three ounces. 

 Soap liniment, two ounces, 



Galacial acetic acid, one hundred and sixty minims, 

 Oil of tar, one ounce. 

 Mix, adding in the above order and agitate thoroughly. Two tablespoonsful 

 agitated with a bucket of warm water and sprinkled about kennel or stable will 

 not only disinfect but assist in the extermination of vermin ; a teaspoonful added 

 to a pint of warm water, forms an excellent tar water, as well as deodorant, and 

 if such is used as an enema in a sick room — that of a typhoid fever patient for in- 

 stance — will completely deodorize stools previous to their extra intestinal exist- 

 ence. This dilution will be found particularly valuable as an enema for dogs suf- 

 fering with diarrhoea or dysentery. As a general disinfectant it is unsurpassed. 



