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common lancet and make an oblique puncture in it, when it 

 will bleed coj^iouslj. When a sufficient quantity has been 

 taken awaj, remove the ligature, and the bleeding will in- 

 stantly cease ; the incision will heal afterwards without any 

 application whatever. 



METHOD OF GIVING A BOLUS OR PILL. 



The method of administering a bolus, pill, or other medi- 

 cine to a dog, is to pull the tongue pretty far out of his 

 mouth, then put the medicine as close to the root as pos- 

 sible, and when the animal draws in his tongue, the medi- 

 cine will descend into his stomach. 



WORMING. 



Worming dogs has been considered a preventive of hydro- 

 phobia, since the time of Pliny. But how such an absurd 

 idea should have prevailed for 1760 years, is quite unac- 

 countable. Dr. Blain very properly says, it is a custom 

 founded on ignorance, and should not be perpetuated by 

 publishing written directions how to perform the operation^ 

 Concurring as we do in the opinion of Dr. Blain, we ab- 

 stain from any description of the operation. 



FRACTURES. 



Fracture of the thigh-bone is extremely common, but is 

 by no means so difficult of cure as might be supposed. If 

 the flesh has been injured by the fracture, the first thing to 

 be attended to is to get quit of the swelling and inflamma- 

 tion, which must be accomplished by means of fomentations 

 of vinegar and water, until allayed. Then apply a long 

 piece of wood, in the form of a lath, which must reach from 

 the foot to a little way above the fracture. But before ap- 

 plying this, a pitch-plaster, sufficiently large to surround the 



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