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week ; and certainly there are few which will bear with impunity 

 the liberties which are taken with him. If moderate starvation 

 (sometimes, at first, entire, in order to make the pampered dog 

 take food which is fit for him) does not soon restore the stomach, 

 care must be taken that the liver is acting properlj'-, the fceces 

 being watched to see if they are of a proper colour ; and, if not, 

 small doses of calomel or blue pill will be required : (1), (2), or 

 (13). If, on the contrary, the liver acts properly, yet the stomach 

 is out of order, recourse may be had to the stomachic bolus (59), 

 or the draught (60), which will very seldom fail, if aided by 

 proper management. It should, however, never be forgotten, that 

 medicine is of no use, unless, at the same time, the diet is attended 

 to, and sufficient exercise given. In cases of indigestion it is par- 

 ticularly necessary to change the food every third or fourth day, 

 for the stomach is often so fitful that what will agree with it once 

 or twice will afterwards be almost sure to disagree. 



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