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side with your left hand, and insert the 

 bottle on the other side, making a pouch 

 of the lips with your right hand. You 

 will find it desirable to thicken the liquid 

 slightly with arrow-root or corn-flour, as, 

 if given thin, it is apt to cause a good 

 deal of coughing, which may end in vomit- 

 ing. If the dog is seriously ill, feeding 

 hourly night and day is necessary. Alcohol 

 in the early stages is not indicated, but if 

 there is great weakness, resort to brandy 

 pretty frequently, and port wine is not to 

 be despised. If diarrhoea and sickness are 

 present, from five to fifteen grains of carbon- 

 ate of bismuth may be shaken dry upon the 

 tongue three times a day, and the milk 

 should be thickened with arrow-root. You 

 will also find that Benger's food, being pre- 

 digested, will be retained when others fail. 



If no complications ensue, the patient 

 should be showing signs of improvement in 

 about a fortnight, but you must still exercise 



unremitting care, for I know nothing so 



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