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The best emetic is 



Calomel, . . i ^r. Tartarizod antimony, . I gr. 



This formula is for the smallest dog. The largest may require 



of each 2 grains. 



After the bowels are cleansed and the body thus depleted, 



^. Antiiiioiiial powder, 2, 3 or 4 grs. Nitrate of P )tas!i, 5, 10 or 15 grs. 

 Powdered ipecacuanha, 2, ',i or t irrs. 



Make into a ball, according to size and age, and give twice or 

 thrice a day, as the symptoms are more or less urgent, diminish- % 

 ing the dose if it produces sickness. 



If the cough is very distressing, add to each dose 



Foxglove digitalis, J to 1 gr. -; 



If no farther symptoms occur, repeat the emetic every third or 

 fourth day, and keep the bowels open, but strenuously avoid 

 any tiling like active purgation. / 



In case o? diarrha'a supervening, 



^. No. 1. — Powilered opium, 5 grs. Powdered catechu, . 2 drs. 



Powdered Gum-Arabic, 2 drs. Prepaied chalk. . . 2 drs. 



Powdered ginger, ^ dr. 



Make into twelve, nine, or six balls, with conserve of roses, and 

 give from once to four times a day, ^>/-o re nata. 

 If this does not suffice, 



^. No. 3. — Magnesia, . 1 dr. Powdered alum, . 2 scr. 



Powdered calumba, 1 dr. Powdered Gum-Arabic, 2 drs. 



Mix with six ounces of boiled starch, and give a desert or a 

 tablespoonful every four, six or eight hours, jt. r. n. 



In case oi ejnlcpfic fits being foreseen, by sudden restlessness, 

 animation, brightness of the eyes, and convulsive twitchings of 

 the face and jaws, give a brisk emetic, followed by a brisk pur- 

 gative, and insert a seton in the neck, the tape smeared with 

 blistering ointment. If repeated attacks succeed, give the follow- 

 ing formula to a medium-sized dog, half the quantity to a small 

 »ne, in a spoonful of ale every two hours. 



^. .Ether, . . 1 dr. Tincture of opium, . . ^ dr. 



Camphor, . G grs. Spirits of liartshorn, . 1 dr. 



Place the dog in a very warm bath for twenty minutes, and keep 



him wann and moist by wrapping in wet flannel before the 



