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CHAPTER II. 



THE REMEDIES SUITED TO THE DOG, AND THE BEST MEANS OF 



ADMINISTERING THEM. 



Alteratives. — Anodynes. — Antispasmodics. — Aperients. — Astringents. — Blis- 

 ters. — Caustics. — Charges.— Cordials. — Diuretics. — Embrocations. — Emetics. 

 — Expectorants. — Fever medicines. — Clysters. — Lotions. — Ointments. — 

 Stomachics. — Styptics. — Tonics. — AVorm medicines. — Administration of 

 Remedies. 



ALTERATIVES. 



These are medicines ■svliich are ffiven witli a view of clians-ino- 

 an unhealtLy into a healthy action. We know nothing of the 

 mode in which the change is produced, and we can only judge 

 of them by the results. The most powerful are mercury, iodine, 

 hemlock, hellebore, and cod-liver oil, which are given in the fol- 

 lowing formulas : 



1. — ^thiop's mineral, 11 to 5 grains. 

 Powdered rhubarb, 1 to 4 grains. 

 „ ginger, ^ to Ih grain. 

 Mix and make into a pill, to be given every evening. 



2. — Hemlock extract, or fresh-bruised leaves, 2 to 4 grains. 

 Plummer's pill, 1| to 5 grains. 



Mix, and give every night, or every other night. 



