Purgative] 



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[Purgative 



Recipe : 



Extract Colocynth, 

 Extract Jalap, 

 Septandrin, 

 Extract Gentian, 

 Podophyllum, - 

 Gingerine, - 



12 gra 

 6 



3 

 6 



3 



ns. 



Mix. 



Divide into 12 pills. 



Sometimes it is difficult to give a dog a pill. 

 In these cases, a powder may be administered, 

 as jalapin. Two grains is the dose for a very 

 small dog, and twelve grains for a big one like 

 a great Dane or St. Bernard. It may be just 

 shaken dry on the tongue or mixed with a little 

 thick gruel. 



The following is a good cathartic pill for dogs 

 varying in size from a fox-terrier to the biggest 

 kind : — 



Recipe : 



Barbadoes Aloes, 24 grains. 



Gamboge, - - - - 12 



Jalap, ----- 24 



Colocynth, - - - - 12 



Powdered Soap, - - - 12 



Calomel, - - - - - J 2 



Gingerine, - 3 

 Excip. sufficient. 

 Mix. 



Divide into 12 pills — one, two, three, or four 1 to 

 be give on an empty stomach. 



In cases of skin disease, when purgative 

 medicine is necessary, Epsom salts is the best. 

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



