SPAYING. •^O'^ 



;£tlje, 20 to GO drops 



Tinctu're'of opium {laudanum) 20 to 60 drops 



Camphor ' 3 to 6 grains. , 



Mix these together, and give, in a table-spoonful of ale, or 

 of wine and water, according to the urgency of the symp- 

 toms. No fear need be apprehended from an over-dose of 

 opium ; in these cases the analogy between the human and 

 brute does not hold good in this instance : a dog will bear 

 five times the quantity of opium that a human person could. 

 When spasm affects the bowels, sometimes much benefit 

 arises from clysters with a dram of laudanum in each.-8^e 

 Colic spasmodic- Warm bathing, as before noticed, should 

 never be omitted as a remedy in general spasm ; but, in 

 some cases of long-continued spasmodic affection, more 

 purely paralytic, as in the twitchings arising from distemper; 

 tonic remedies, with cold bathing, are more proper. Exten- 

 sive bleedino' has relieved some occasional spasms ; and other 

 cases have been benefitted by the treatment detailed under 

 the head Epilepsy. 



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Spaying, 



This is a cruel and commonly an unnecessary operation, 

 which is frequently practised to prevent inconvenience to the 

 owners : but humanity should forbid its being resorted to, ex- 

 cept in cases where the omission of it would endanger the 

 life as when some peculiarity occurs that would prevent a 

 bitch pupping with ease and safety ; or when she has been 

 connected with, and is found to be breeding by, a dog much 

 Urger than herself. In this case, as she would probably die 

 in Lbour, it is not improper to remove the puppies, at three 

 or four weeks advance of pregnancy. The oi:)eration is per- 

 formed by making an opening in the flank of one side, when 

 the ovaria, being enlarged by pregnancy, are readily distin- 

 ouishable, and may be drawn out and cut off, first ojae and 



