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 dog ; by this means his fore legs cannot ad againft 

 the medicine. The jaws being now opened by the 

 perfon between whofe knees he is, a fecond attendant 

 now holds the tongue down with one hand, and with 

 the other places the medicine on the root of the 

 tongue; when his mouth being clofed, and kept fo 

 by the hands, it is of neceffity fwallowed. Nutri- 

 ment may be given in a fimilar manner. 



Doss in ficknefs muft be attended to with the 

 fame care that a child requires : whatever is worth 

 doing at all, is worth doing well ; and if dogs de- 

 ferve any attention, they muft deferve good atten- 

 tion, and humanity demands that our utmoft ex^ 

 ertions fhould be beftowed to relieve them ; and if 

 in a ftate of health they are allowed to come near 

 the fire, to fleep warm, to be careffed, and to eat 

 good food, — in ficknefs they require ftill more ; and 

 when, merely to avoid trouble, they are in this cafe 

 confined in a cold room, or outhoufe, attended by 

 a negledful fervant, without folace, and with cold 

 food and water alone, neither can we expedt their 

 recovery, or anfwer to our own minds their deaths. 

 Dogs are very irritable ; and though it may feem an 

 affectation of tendernefs, it is yet a very neceffary 

 caution, that when they are ill their minds fliould 

 be foothed by every means in our power, or their 

 complaint, in many inftances, will be greatly ag- 

 gravated. I have feen a fick dog fall into convul- 



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