24:2 MANUAL FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 



rubbed into the skin, at three different applications. It 

 must be rubbed in for at least an hour on each applica- 

 tion. 



Train oil one quart, spirits of turpentine a wine-glass 

 full, sulphur sufficient to make it so thick, that it will 

 barely drip from a stick. Let it remain on the dog a 

 fortnight, then wash off with soap and warm water. 



For internal poison, large draughts of soap and water, 

 mustard emetic or olive oil, are the best immediate anti- 

 dotes. For Strychnia, it has been recently dicovered that 

 large quantities of liquefied lard are a sure preventive, if 

 given in time ; but as it is rarely known that this poison 

 has been administered until it is too late, I fear the dis- 

 covery is of small effect. 



To extract thorns, nothing is preferable to a strong 

 pitch plaster, bound upon the spot, and followed by a 

 poultice. 



For a snake bite, olive oil well rubbed into the part 

 before a hot fire, and a copious drench given internally, is 

 probably the best application, to which may be added a 

 cataplasm of leaves of the broad-leaved plaintain, bruised 

 with salt and bound upon the orifice of the wound. This 

 is the Indian recipe for the bite of the rattlesnake. 



For epileptic fits. Do nothing! neither bleed nor 

 drench with cold water. Wait till the fit ceases, prevent 

 the animal from running wildly away, convey it quietly 

 home, and give injections of 1, 2, or 3 drachms of sul- 

 phuric ether 2, 4 or 6 scruples of laudanum, to 1^, 3 or 

 4^- ounces of the very coldest spring water that can be 

 obtained. The animal is to be left alone in absolute 



