DISEASES 13 



The dose for a 15-lb. to 30-lb. dog would be a small teaspoonful in a couple 

 of tablespoonfuls of gruel o'r milk. This, however, only relieves and does 

 not cure. The dog must now have frequent doses of a brisk aperient, and 

 a pill of the following prescription will be found very beneficial given every 

 night for a while: 



Podophyllin 6 grains 



Compound extract of colocynth 30 grains 



Powdered rhubarb 4 8 grains 



Extract of henbane 36 grains 



Mix and divide into twenty-four pills. 



Small breeds such as Pugs or Toy Poodles give half of one of these 

 pills. 



A little warm broth after the pill will assist its action. Feed rather 

 oftener than you do your well dogs but in small quantities. Make dog take 

 more exercise every day, which will cause him to more readily eat coarser 

 food. The chance of a complete cure is not encouraging in a confirmed or 

 chronic case, but the regular use of the following pills will have a won- 

 derful effect in counteracting severe paroxysms: 



Powdered ipecacuanha 6 grains 



Powdered opium 6 grains 



Compound squill pill 24 grains 



Powdered gum ammoniacum 24 grains 



Powdered licorice 24 grains 



Powdered rhubarb 12 grains 



Mix and make into twenty-four pills. 



The dose for a 15-lb. to 40-lb. dog, one pill morning and night. Small- 

 er than 15-lbs. half a pill. 



Whenever, severe fits of coughing with difficulty of breathing occur, 

 if the antispasmodic drops mentioned in first article are not handy, chloro- 

 dine may be given in the same way as the drops, the dose being from 

 twenty to thirty drops. Much relief can be given to asthmatical dogs by 

 confining them in a close box or kennel and filling it with the smoke of 

 thorn apple. This may be done twice a day, but care should be taken 

 with such patients that they are not exposed to any sudden change of tem- 

 perature, whether from heat or cold, or the reverse. 



Or, in place of this during acute attacks when the breathing is very 

 labored, relief may be obtained by inhalations of the fumes of burning 

 tar, resin or creosote. 



An asthmatic form of breathing is frequently found in connection with 

 tumors involving the respiratory tract. Such cases are incurable and it is 

 the most merciful procedure to put the animal to a painless death. 



Harry W. Lacy has the following to say as to asthma, and I append it 

 also for the benfit it may do: 



