58 DISEASES 



Spiritis of sal volatile' 2 drams 



Water sufficient to make 8 ounces • 



The powders must be rubbed very fine in a mortar, the oil of cassia within 

 them; the water must be gradually added, rubbing well to form a smooth 

 mixture. The tincture added in the bottle. Of this mixture the dose will 

 be from a half to two teaspoonfuls for puppies, and from one to two table- 

 spoonfuls for full-grown dogs, given every three or four hours, as long as 

 the purging continues. The bottle must be well shaken before measuring 

 the dose. 



When getting this filled, I would advise, either taking your book 

 to the druggist, or copying and showing him as to the mixing of the above. 



For convenience of form the following may, under circumstances, be 

 preferred, as it keeps well and is in less compass:* 



Spirits of camphor 2 drams 



Laudanum x k ounce 



Spirits of volatile '. . 2 drams 



Tincture of catechu 1 ounce 



Mix. Dose, from twenty drops to a teaspoonful in water every three or 

 four hours, if required. 



"The diet must be carefully regulated all through the disease; such 

 light and easily-digested food as well boiled oatmeal, rice or arrowroot 

 should be given, with milk or beef tea, and if the patient refuses to feed, 

 a little should be given with a spoon or a drencher every two or three 

 hours; when the dog is very weak, add a little port wine to the food; in- 

 stead of plain water, give rice or barley water to drink. In the case of 

 bitches suckling, the diet must be changed, a dose of castor oil given, and 

 the 'astringent anodyne mixture' in small closes, or an injection may. be 

 administered. 



"If the diarrhea is very persistent, and accompanied by blood, inject 

 twice a day into the rectum 2 gr. to 5 gr. of sulphate of copper with 15 to 

 60 drops of tincture of opium in 4 oz. of water. If this does not check it, 

 then give % gr. to Vz gr. of sulphate of copper, increasing the dose to 

 1 gr. with V2 gr. to 1 gr. of powdered opium. 



"It is most important that rigorous cleanliness should be observed. 

 All discharges should be immediately removed, and the animal kept clean 

 by sponging with lukewarm water if necessary, while disinfectants should 

 be sprinkled 'about. The patient should also be kept warm, and left as 

 quiet and undisturbed as possible. 



Dr. Clayton's diarrhea cure I have found a very good remedy in many 

 cases. Spratt's Patent (see advertisement) makes a diarrhea pill that I 

 have often used on my dogs, and with great success, in checking up this 

 trouble, which is often caused in dogs at a show by the change in water 

 drank there and on the trip. A tablet or pill is often more easily admin- 

 istered than a liquid. 



A party wrote as to a diarrhea from distemper in a six-months-old 

 pointer puppy, just over the distemper, that is getting along nicely and 



