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others, is the apomorphia, from two 1 to five 

 drops of the one in fifty solution, injected 

 under the skin, or double the quantity poured 

 down the throat. Failing this, give from five 1 

 to twenty grains of sulphate of zinc, in water, 

 or some powdered ipecacuanha. When the 

 effect of the emetic has passed, a full dose of 

 sulphate of soda, from one 1 drachm to one ounce, 

 in water, should be given. The dog may be 

 allowed to drink milk or white of egg, with 

 water or rice water. 



When there is much pain about the abdomen, 

 a morphia suppository inserted into the bowel 

 gives relief. 



Oxide of Zinc, either in the form of lotion, 

 ointment, or the powder, is a household remedy, 

 and an exceedingly good one, too, for many forms 

 of non-contagious skin disease ; but like almost 

 everything else, when applied to the dog's skin, 

 he makes it his business to remove it with the 

 tongue as quickly as possible. A small quantity 

 does no harm ; but when the ointment or lotion 

 is applied over a large surface, and the dog licks 

 a large quantity off, serious disturbances of the 

 system often follow. Acute cases of this kind 

 are not so fatal, as a rule, as chronic ones — that 

 is, as in those cases of long-standing skin trouble 

 when the zinc has been in daily use for some 

 time, and the animal has been systematically 

 licking it. In these cases the ill effects of the 

 zinc are first noticed by the dog vomiting after 

 food. 



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



