6<5 WITH BOAT ANB GUN IN THE YANGTZE VALLEY. 



Special pills for Chorea.— l grain strychnine. 



l8 grains quinine. 

 6 „ extract of belladonna. 

 I „ drachms extract of gentian. 

 I „ drachms powder for compound rhubarb pills. 

 Make into 48 pills.— Dose for 20 lb. dog, I pill twice a day with his food. 



COLIC. 

 This complaint is by no means a general one and it most frequently attacks young dogs. 

 Symptoms. — Unmistakable. Sure signs are a constant crying out and a general expression 

 of pain. 



Causes. — Worms, flatulency and constipation are amongst the most generally accredited 

 causes, but in a large majority of cases colic arises, as in the case of children, either 

 . from chill or from indigestion produced by eating improper food, or from both. 



Suggested Remedies.— Rub the animal briskly for some little time, then give a mild 

 dose of warm castor oil, followed by a teaspoonful of brandy and warm water. 

 EUiman's embrocation, St. Jacob's oil or Perry Davis's Pain-killer afford early relief 

 if well rubbed in on the stomach. Happily these attacks never last long. 



DIARRHOEA. 



Few sporting dogs escape this complaint which is easily cured if taken early in hand 

 but is difficult of treatment if it become chronic. 



Symptoms. — Excessive looseness of the bowels. 



Causes. — Improper or stale food, bad kenneling, chills after exercise : frequently worms 

 are the sole cause. 



Suggested Remedies. — As often as not a complete change of diet alone will effect a cure, 

 especially if the food be composed largely of well boiled vegetables. Personally I 

 make great use of dandelion, prolific in this neighbourhood, which boiled like 

 spinach and flavoured with a little broth is readily eaten and often works " wonders." 

 Dandelion, of course, is none other than the Taraxacum of the Pharmacopoeia. 



If medicines are necessary try the castor oil mixture, increasing the quantity of 

 syrup of poppies if there be much straining. 



ID drops of Collis Browne's chlorodyne in brandy and warm water may be found 

 useful. 



DISTEMPER. 



This complaint is not so prevalent in China as one might imagine. It seldom attacks 

 a dog of over two years of age, and a large majority of animals escape the disease 

 altogether. Personally I may say that I have only lost four puppies in ten times as many 

 years, and that I think that these deaths would not have occurred had the symptoms been 

 recognized in time. 



