Paralysis] 2C*5 [Paralysis 



the following pills may be tried, and the former 

 discontinued : — 



Recipe : 



Anhydrous Phosphate of Iron, 3 to 12 grains. 1 



Sulphate Quinine, - - 2 to 12 grains. 



Strychnine, - - - T Vth to ^th grain. 



Arsenic, - T Vth to |th grain. 

 Common Mass. sufficient. 

 Mix. 



Divide into 12 pills. One to be given two 

 or three times a day after food. The dog should 

 be galvanised twice a day for about half an 

 hour each time. A continuous current battery is 

 best, and a blister should be applied to the loins, 

 from the two last ribs to the points of the hips, 

 and from two to four inches wide. 1 



When all four legs are affected, the result of some 

 injured or diseased condition of the brain, the treat- 

 ment should be the same as previously mentioned, 

 except a blister should be applied to each side 

 of the neck, along the course of the spine, instead 

 of over the loins. The best blister to use is the 

 liquor epipasticus ; the hair, of course, should first 

 be cut off close, or shaved, and the skin thoroughly 

 washed and dried, and the blister should be gently 

 rubbed into the skin with a piece of flannel for 

 about three minutes. If it does not act well, rub 

 a little red mercurial blister ointment into the 

 parts the next day for a minute. Care must be 

 taken that the dog does not lick the blisters, as 

 they are poisonous. Two days later, the parts 

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



