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stimulant to the region of the liver, the dog- should be put 

 into warm water twice or thrice during the day. After the 

 purg-e has operated, g-ive the following every three or four 

 hours : — 



Powdered foxglove , 8 grains 



Antiraonial powder 16 grains 



Nitrated potash (nitre) in powder I dram. 



Mix, and divide into seven, nine, or twelve powders; or make 

 into as many balls, according- to the size of the dog. If 

 amendment does not become apparent, repeat the bleeding, 

 and stimulate the skin more actively. 



Chf'onic Irtjlammation of the Liver arises sometimes spon- 

 taneously, and is idiopathic. In other cases it is brought on 

 by the agency of other aifections. Long continued or in- 

 verted mange will tend to produce disease in the liver. In 

 some cases of distemper, also, a dull inflammatory action of 

 the liver occurs, and which is almost always accompanied 

 with a pustular eruption over the belly. The skin is also 

 commonly tinged with a biliary suJQTusion, but the urine is in- 

 variably impregnated with a very large quantity of bile. 



This complaint produces dulness, wasting, a staring coat, 

 and very often a tumour may be felt in the right side of the 

 belly. From the unhealthy appearance of the hair, it is often 

 mistaken for worms ; but it may be distinguished from that 

 complaint by the want of the voracity of appetite which cha- 

 racterises worms, and also by the general and constant dul- 

 ness of manner. 



The treatment of this disease should be commenced by a 

 mercurial purge, after which give, night and morning, one 

 of the following balls : — 



Submuriate of quicksilver {calomel). ,^,„„^ 20 grains 



Antimonial powder 30 grains 



Powdered myrrh 2 drams 



Powdered gentian 2 drams 



Aloes 2 drams. 



Mix with any adhesive matter, and divide into fifteen, twenty, 

 or twenty-five balls, according to the size of the dog. 



