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favourite remedy of the late Stonehenge. This 

 is a valuable preparation for old wounds, for 

 chronic eczema, and other skin diseases, used 

 sparingly, and not over a large surface. Then, 

 again, repeated doses of calomel act very 

 injuriously. 



Symptoms : Diarrhoea, the evacutions being 

 stained with blood ; loss of appetite, sickness, 

 great wasting ; profuse flow of saliva from the 

 mouth ; gums at . first red and inflamed, subse- 

 quently become ulcerated — the breath being 

 horribly foul ; a rash often appears on the skin, 

 pustules form and break, giving forth a foetid dis- 

 charge, and the hair falls off in patches. These 

 cases usually terminate fatally, the result of ex- 

 haustion, though occasionally a patient may be 

 saved when the case is taken in time. 



Treatment : At first, give a mild dose of castor 

 oil, with from three * to ten drops of laudanum ; 

 the oil, etc., may be repeated in a couple of days. 

 Large and frequent doses of subnitrate of bismuth 

 should also be given. When the diarrhoea is 

 very profuse, and there is much blood being 

 passed, tannic acid is useful, given in the follow- 

 ing formula : — 



Recipe : The Pills : 



Tannic Acid, - - \ to 4 drachms. 1 



Powdered Opium, - 2 to 12 grains. 



Ex. cip., q.s. 



Mix and divide into 12 pills. 



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



