344 REMEDIES SUITED TO THE DOG. 



or, 



7. — Castor oil, from a dessert to a tablespoonful. . 

 Laudanum, 1 to 2 drachms. 

 Mix, and give as a drench, repeating it in a day or two if necessary. 



For long standing and severe purgation : 



8. — Creasote, 2 drachms. 



Laudanum, 6 to 8 drachms. 

 Prepared chalk, 2 drachms. 

 Powdered gum arabic, 2 drachms. 

 Tincture of ginger, 2 drachms. 

 Peppermeut water, 6 ounces. 

 Mix, and give two tablespoonfuls every time the bowels are relaxed, but 

 not more often than every four hours. 



ANTISPASMODICS 



Are useful in allaying cramp or spasm, but, as in the case of 

 Alteratives, we do not know liow they act. The cliief are opium, 

 aether, spirit of turj)entine, and camphor, prescribed according to 

 the following formulas : 



9. — Laudanum, 



Sulphuric aether, of each | to 1 drachm. 

 Camphor mixture, 1 ounce. 



Mix, and give in any ordinary spasm, as colic, &c. 



An antispasmodic injection : 



10. — Laudanum, 



Sulpliuric a;ther, 



Spirit of turpentine, of each 1 to 2 drachms. 



Gruel, 3 to S ounces. 



Mix, and inject with a common clyster syringe. 



