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fundament and prepuce once a day with the same 

 preparation, and keep the eyes free of discharge 

 with a little weak boracic acid lotion, and also 

 clean the teeth with a weak solution of per- 

 manganate of potash. This is very important. 

 As well as attending to the patient, the room 

 or kennel requires frequent attention. Do not 

 make the air stuffy with strong disinfectants, 

 but it is a good plan to sprinkle the floor, 

 whether a kennel or room, with pine sawdust, and 

 if the flooring be wood, to cover it over with 

 sheets of old newspapers, which may be covered 

 with sawdust, and then all evacuation can be 

 carried away and burnt, for when a dog 

 is very ill he ought not to be allowed to go 

 out. There are some dogs who are so clean 

 that they will not make themselves comfortable 

 in a room, and it becomes absolutely necessary 

 to let them out rather than make them worse by 

 keeping them in. But a dog may be kept for 

 some hours, twelve or even sixteen, to see if 

 he will not give way. Once he has relieved 

 himself in the room, and finds he is not 

 scolded, he gains confidence, and is not so 

 particular in the future. To make an obstinate 

 dog do what is necessary in a room, especially 

 when the weather is bad, and when perhaps it 

 would be fatal to let him out, I give either a 

 dose of aperient medicine or an enema, which 

 invariably has the desired effect. 



Do not always be fidgeting an invalid. Do 

 what is necessary, and then leave him alone. 



Take the temperature regularly three times 



