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good domestic vomit is common salt, in quantity from half a 

 tea-spoonful to a desert-spoonful ; but it is sometimes violent 

 in its operations, and, therefore, not to be chosen for delicate 

 constitutions. Calomel often proves an emetic to dogs: see 

 Alteratives. Turpith mineral, and crude antimony, are 

 given as emetics by sportsmen ; but the former is extremely 

 violent, and the latter uncertain. Tartar emetic forms the 

 most convenient article for this purpose, and is at once safe 

 and easy to give. From one grain to three or four, according 

 to the size of the dog, may be given in a pill, or in a piece 

 of meat, or it may be dissolved in milk or water. 



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Enteritis. 



See Inflamed Bowels. 



Ejnlepsy. 

 See Fits. 



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Exercise. 



The want of due exercise is the cause of nearly one half 

 of the diseases of dogs ; and the ill effects of this deprivation 

 are very often heightened by inordinate feeding also. It 

 should be remembered, that a dog is an animal of prey, des- 

 tined, in a natural state, to hunt for his food, and to sacrifice 

 to his appetite lesser and weaker animals, whose exertions to 

 escape must keep him in a continual habit of most active ex- 

 ercise. In this life of nature, dogs probably do not get a 

 regular and full meal twice in a week. How great, therefore, 

 must be the difference, when they are either shut up in a 



