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of blood in his stool on November 12. He is a ravenous eater and hunts 

 well all day. Please prescribe. 



Answer. — Feed him largely on oatmeal and cornmeal; give occasional 

 doses of castor oil, and three times a day give fifteen grains of the hypo- 

 sulphite of soda and one-fourth grain of nux vomica. (See Constipation.) 



Chorea. — Diagnose and prescribe for an English setter, weight fifty 

 pounds, aged three years, who had chorea. It is chronic and confined to 

 one side of his head; that is ,to the brain on one side of the center of his 

 head; there is a decided and noticeable rise and fall on the affected side 

 of the skull, but nowhere else in his body. I have tried mild remedies, and 

 at times have reduced the disease, but on stopping the medicine the trouble 

 would commence. Kindly prescribe something powerful that will strike at 

 the root of the disease. 



Answer. — Give internally the following: Fluid extract of nux vomica 

 thirty drops, fluid extract ergot two and one-half drams, iodide of potash 

 one dram, water to make two ounces; give a teaspoonful twice a day for 

 four days, then three times a day for two weeks. (See Chorea.) 



Antidote for Strychnine. — I noticed in a recent issue the query. What 

 is best to carry to antidote strychnine poison, when shooting. I have 

 saved many clogs in the field and in different sections where I have lived 

 by mother tincture belladonna. 



Get the green root or mother tincture at any homeopathic pharmacy, 

 and if the dog has had but one spasm, ten to fifteen drops poured down 

 his throat will antidote the poison; if not, repeat every fifteen minutes. 

 When the dog has had the poison down' long enough to cause paralysis, 

 and is unable to swallow, a syringe can be used per rectum — -twenty to 

 thirty drops; and seldom does one have to use but two doses, either by 

 mouth or rectum. 



I have saved dogs when given up by veterinary surgeons, and I believe 

 any dog can be saved so long as there is circulation enough to take up the 

 antidote. (See also Poisoning.) 



Breaking Dog to Collar and Chain. — The sooner a young dog is taught 

 to go in a collar and lead the better. It is best to begin when the puppy 

 is three or four months old, first by letting it wear a collar for a week 

 or two, then tie a piece of thick string to the collar, and let it go about 

 with this for a few days. At the end of this period substitute the string 

 for a chain, catching hold of the chain with one hand every now and then, 

 and giving it a dainty bit with the other. In this way it will get quite 

 accustomed to what the dog, no doubt, thinks a strange method of depriving 

 it of its sweet liberty. Don't drag the dog along and expect it to become 

 accustomed to the feel of the collar by giving it a sore and stiff neck. That 

 is the way to make it hate a collar. 



Crusty Ears. — "A dog, four years old, whose ears are affected with 

 some sort of skin disease. The backs of his ears seem dry and scurfy, 

 the hair falls out and the dog is continually scratching them. There is 

 no swelling, no sores, no bleeding; the skin seems simply drying, but 

 perfectly healthy otherwise. Please prescribe." 



Answer. — Apply resinol ointment once daily after washing the ear. 

 Eberhart's Skin Remedy will cure this. Apply twice daily. After putting 

 a little of it on the ear, rub and work it well with thumb and finger till 

 the scurvy matter softens and you remove it from the ear by rubbing. 

 Continue daily treatment till cured — a matter of a week or so as a rule. 



Carbolized Vaseline (How to Make). — Carbolized vaseline is an oint- 

 ment often recommended by the veterinary profession, and is often inquired 

 for by dog fanciers. A good plan for making it is as follows: Take six 

 ounces of solid paraphine wax, melt it thoroughly in a saucepan, and when 

 .melted add twelve ounces of vaseline and remelt. Then as it cools add 

 about one dram of pure carbolic acid, and stir thoroughly until cold. 



This is the official, or British Pharmacopaeia, formula. It involves very 

 little trouble, and makes the most elegant and serviceable preparation. A 

 very fair ointment can be made by simply rubbing pure carbolic acid into 



