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Tonics, especially quinine, are indicated during this 

 condition, as the discharge is very weakening. 



When the appetite is very bad, the patient 

 may be tempted with some giblet soup or a 

 little well-stewed rabbit and bread, or rice. 

 Very often, in bad cases, the dog absolutely 

 refuses all food ; he must then be drenched 

 with strong meat tea, or with milk thickened 

 with Benger's food. When there is an inclina- 

 tion to diarrhoea, the beef tea and milk should 

 be thickened with cornflour or arrowroot. 

 One of the best ways of making meat tea is 

 with beef, mutton, and veal, say half a pound 

 of each cut up very fine ; this should be gently 

 simmered with a pint of water for three or four 

 hours, and then strained off. Of this, from a 

 tablespoonful 1 to a small teacupful may be given 

 every three or four hours alternately with the 

 milk food. In addition to this, if the doer will 

 drink raw beef tea, which they will often do, 

 it may be given freely. This is best made as 

 follows : Half a pound of lean raw meat passed 

 through a sausage machine ; to this add half a 

 pint of water, and place in an earthenware jar 

 in front of a fire for two or three hours, stirring 

 occasionally ; then strain off through a cloth. 

 Some pressure is required to get all the juice 

 out of the meat. It requires to be made fresh 

 every day. When the patient is very weak and 

 exhausted, feeding is necessary every hour or 

 two, as only very small quantities of food can 

 be retained. Then strong meat extracts are 

 1 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



