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To keep up the strength, try and get the 

 patient to swallow white of egg and milk ; 

 also Sanatogen mixed with milk or water. 

 When unable to swallow the strength must 

 be maintained by nutritive enemas, as peptonised 

 milk, from one * to six tablespoonfuls given every 

 three hours alternately with one or two pepto- 

 nised beef suppositories. Brandy, if necessary, 

 may be given with the milk. 



Thermometer: The little instrument for 

 taking the temperature, or for ascertaining 

 whether there is fever or not, is called a 

 clinical thermometer. The kind used for 

 animals is the same as used for people. 

 Those that register the heat of the body in 

 half a minute are certainly the best for 

 dogs. 



The temperature is best taken in the rectum 

 — bowel, for here there is less danger of 

 breaking the instrument, but it may also be 

 taken in the mouth, as well as under the arm 

 or inside the thigh. The normal temperature 

 in the mouth is 99*6, under the arm 100*4 to 

 101, in the bowel 101*4. 



When it is intended to take the temperature 

 in the bowel the point of the thermometer 

 should be greased, and inserted into the bowel 

 for an inch and a half, so as to be sure the 

 mercury is quite covered. When the temperature 

 is taken under the arm or inside the thigh, 

 care must be taken that the point of the 

 instrument is well buried in the skin, or a 

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



