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the complaint is discovered : if a middling sized 

 dog, take from eight to ten ounces of blood from 

 the neck vein ; and if a large dog, from ten to 

 fourteen ounces may be taken, according to his 

 strength, and the violence of the symptoms, and 

 repeat the bleeding in five or six hours after, if 

 there be much difficulty of breathing. Imme- 

 diately after bleeding, the following blistering lini- 

 ment, or the blistering essence in Farriery (No. 133, 

 p. 174), must be well rubbed in for the space of 

 a quarter of an hour between his fore legs and 

 the sides of his chest, and repeated three or four 

 times a day for the first two or three days. 



(RECIPE, No. 4.) 



Blistering Liniment. 



Take — Cantharides, in fine powder, half an ounce; 

 Yellow basilicon, two ounces ; 

 Oil of turpentine, one ounce : 

 Mix well togetner for use. 



After blistering give the following ball as soon 

 as possible, and repeat it every day, if necessary, 

 for three or four times, or oftener ; this ball will 

 purge him, and also increase insensible perspiration : 

 if his bowels continue sufficiently loose, after giving 

 the first ball, omit the jalap, &c. 



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