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the call or caresses of his master, and manifests a disposition to roam 

 about in a listles manner, preferring to be "severely left alone." What- 

 ever may be the opinion of others as to a proper treatment, or a name for 

 this disease, it is my belief, from personal experience with it, that it 

 should be treated in the same manner as our old physicians treated diph- 

 theria in human beings before the new remedy — anti-toxin — was discov- 

 ered. I give that, and trust that the lives of many dogs that would other- 

 wise die may be saved. I have never failed to cure a dog by the prompt use 

 of this treatment at the very first appearance of the trouble, and I have 

 never known one to get well when two days have elapsed before the rem- 

 edy was applied: 



Chlorate of Potassium V 2 ounce 



Mur. Tine. Iron Vz ounce 



Water 1 pint 



Sig. — Mix, shake, and with a soft rag protruding over the end of a 

 stick, dip into the solution and thoroughly mop out the mouth and throat 

 twice daily, for two days. 



The following was written by someone south, who seemed to know 

 from experience as to Black Tongue. The 3 grain dose given of thymol, was 

 used on a Foxhound, probably a fifty pound dog, therefore exercise judg- 

 ment, (as thymol is a dangerous drug), for smaller dogs: 



"As to black tongue, I use the thymol, as it is a better, antiseptic 

 for the intestinal tract, and, in addition to this I use alternately a wash of 

 permanganate of potash and a saturated watery solution of alum. I give 

 the thymal rubbed up with pure Castile soap and put into capsules, giving 

 one capsule containing three grains of thymol every four hours. I wash the 

 mouth out before each capsule is given, alternating with the two solutions 

 mentioned above. 



As the dog sick with black tongue will not eat, as a rule, I drench 

 him with milk morning and night, sometimes adding a raw egg to the 

 milk. 



I want to give just a few warnings to those unfamiliar with the use 

 of thymol. Its use in the human being is attended with a certain amount of 

 danger, and this is doubly so in the dog. It should never be given to a 

 dog until the intestinal tract has been thoroughly cleaned out with salts. 

 The dog should, then be starved for at least twelve hours before the thy- 

 mol is administered, and this should be followed in six hours with another 

 dose of salts. The dog should then be given nothing to eat for several 

 hours more. Under no circumstances should the dog be allowed any 

 fat for several hours after the last dose of salts and he should have 

 nothing whatever to eat between the first and last dose of salts. 



Several fatal cases of poisoning are on record from the use of thymol 

 in the treatment of hookworm in the human. Chenopodium, or the oil of 

 wormseed, is a far safer drug to use. In addition to its being a safer 

 drug, it has been proven that it effects cures of hookworm in the human 

 where thymol has been given and has failed. In the Journal of the Amer- 

 ican Medical Association of . November 28, 1914, Dr. Robert L. Levy of 



