Poison sj 22 3 [Poisons 



Dose : One pill to be given every four or six 

 hours, according to the severity of the diarrhoea. 



The mouth and gums should be kept clean by 

 being frequently sponged with a saturated solution 

 of boracic acid. 



Keep the strength up with strong beef-tea, 

 thickened with isinglass, and each time the dog 

 is fed, give from half 1 to a teaspoonful of port 

 wine. Let the patient have milk with white of 

 an Ggg added, or barley water to drink. 



A warm bath and a free application of some 

 soap is beneficial. This is more particularly 

 the case when the attack is due to absorption 

 of the poison through the application of some 

 ointment containing a mercurial compound. 



If the skin is very moist, apply to the parts 

 freely some finely powdered Fuller's earth. 



When the dog has become convalescent, some 

 iron or bark tonic will assist the patient to regain 

 strength. Raw meat should also be given in small 

 quantities five or six times a day. 



Iodine and its Compounds^ as Iodide of Soda 

 or Potash, etc. : 



Symptoms : A person can take ten times as 

 much iodide of potassium as a dog, without 

 any bad result. The tincture of iodine is often 

 used to reduce tumours or swellings. It seldom 

 has any beneficial results, except in cases of 

 goitre, when it is sometimes useful ; and if the 

 application is continued too long, or the prepara- 

 tion is applied over too large a surface, sufficient 

 becomes absorbed to cause severe constitutional 

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



