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often passed with the motions. The dog is 

 extremely thirsty, has an anxious countenance, 

 showing evident signs of great pain, and breathes 

 heavily. There may be severe convulsions, 

 followed by paralysis, collapse, and death. 



Treatment: The vomiting at first should be 

 encouraged by giving an emetic, as three l to ten 

 drops of the one in fifty solution of apomorphia 

 with a hypodermic syringe. If this is not at 

 hand, give from the twelfth 1 to a quarter of a 

 grain of the same medicine in a teaspoonful of 

 water. Failing the apomorphia, give from five 1 

 to twenty grains of sulphate of zinc in a little 

 warm water, or even salt and water. The 

 vomiting may be kept up by getting the dog 

 to drink warm water. Besides endeavouring to 

 free the stomach of all the arsenic, an antidote is 

 required to remedy the ill effect of the poison. 

 For this there is nothing better than dialysed 

 iron given in large doses, as from half 1 a teaspoon- 

 ful to a tablespoonful every half hour until 

 several doses have been given. This may be 

 followed by a large dose of castor oil, About an 

 hour afterwards some carbonate of bismuth should 

 be given, shaken dry on the tongue, from 

 ten l grains to a drachm, which may be repeated 

 every hour or two. When there is great pros- 

 tration, stimulants, as brandy, are required, and 

 when the patient is unable to swallow or retain it 

 in the stomach, from one x half to a drachm may 

 be injected under the skin frequently. If the 

 body is cold wrap the dog up in hot blankets, 

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



