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swollen and red, accompanied by a good deal 

 of irritation. 



Treat7nent : Dab parts with ammoniated 

 quinine ; failing this, eau de Cologne or methy- 

 lated spirits. When place very tender, the lead 

 and laudanum lotion as recommended for external 

 inflammation may be used. 



Invalid Foods: When nursing sick dogs the 

 diet is important, as it is so much better to 

 get the dog to eat something for himself, rather 

 than always pouring food down its throat. 

 Taking food voluntarily not only does the dog 

 more good, but it is less worrying to 

 the patient, for when one has to feed with 

 the spoon or bottle it is necessary to give 

 nourishment very frequently, whereas when it is 

 taken voluntarily, more, as a rule, is taken at a 

 time, and therefore it is not necessary to offer 

 food so often. A good meat tea is made with 

 equal parts of veal, beef, and mutton — say half 

 a pound of each cut up very small, then slowly 

 stewed for three hours in a pint of water. This 

 should be strained and given either cold or warm, 

 whichever the dog likes best. 



A jelly made from rabbit is also very nourish- 

 ing, and dogs, as a rule, are very fond of it, 

 and they will often take it when they refuse 

 everything else. It should be made as follows : 



The whole rabbit should be cut up in small 

 pieces, including the liver ; the leg bones should 

 be cracked, the heads split open, and the 

 whole stewed in a pint of water for some hours ; 

 then strained off, and if there is more than half 



