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Liquid meat foods are more valuable for dog patients than any 

 other class. During convalescence, starchy foods may be admin- 

 istered. In chronic patients they are serviceable. Oatmeal por- 

 ridge may be made by stirring two ounces (half a cup full) of 

 crushed oatmeal into a pint of milk, previously warmed, and 

 afterwards cooking twenty to thirty minutes, adding salt to the 

 taste. 



Porridge and milk is very beneficial for little dogs suffering 

 from chronic eczema and similar diseases where dieting is neces- 

 sary. It is good for colts and convalescent horses. All the 

 various porridges are somewhat similar, and all are beneficial. 



Peptonized milk is very beneficial in all patients, and is made 

 by diluting a pint of milk with a quarter of a jiound of water, 

 heating to about 140° F., adding two teaspoonsful of liquor pan- 

 creaticus with twenty grains of bicarbonate of soda, digesting in 

 a warm place for an hour to an hour and a lialf, and nsing 

 momentarily to the boiling point; at the temperature of 6.5° F. 

 the digestion will usually require about three hours. 



Peptonized milk gruel is made by first preparing a thick gruel 

 with arrow-root, oatmeal, sago or other similar articles, adding, 

 while still hot, an equal quantity of milk, and subsequently cool- 

 ing to 100 degrees; for each gruel, put twenty grains of the 

 bicarbonate of soda and two tablespoonsful of the liquor pancrea- 

 ticus or five grains of pancreatic extract, digesting in a warm 

 place for two hours, boiling the mixture momentarily, and strain- 

 ing. 



Peptonized ])eef tea is prepared by simmering half a pound of 

 minced beef for two hours in a pint of water containing twenty 

 grains of bicarbonate of sodium, allowing it to cool to about 100° 

 F., digesting at this temperature with a tablespoonful of liquor 

 pancreaticus or ten grains of pancreatic extract for three hours, 

 decanting and niomontarily boiliug. 



RECTAL ALIMENTATION. 

 In paralysis of the throat or structure of the oesophagus and 



