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gout. Pleurisy destroys many of theni ; and inflam- 

 mations of the stomach, bowels, and kidneys, are 

 not unfrequent. They are subject likewise to con- 

 sumptions, and are not free from the whole train of 

 nervous affections, as apoplexy, letharijy, spasm, 

 palsy, epilepsy, &.c. Distemper, worms, and mange, 

 are too well known to need comment. 



The distiaguishlr.g the diseases of dogs, and the 

 proper mode of treatment, are not the only (iifficul- 

 ties to be overcome ; but how to administer the re- 

 medy, when the others are evident, is often a very 

 serious ditiiculty. Now and then, dogs prove verv 

 refractory ; bur. in the greater number of closes, me- 

 dicines may easily be given to them : to a large 

 dog, not less than three persons are often requisite. 

 In general cases, however, two persons can manage it 

 readi'v in the follov.'in«r manner: Place the dos ud- 

 right on his hind legs between the knees of a seated 

 person, with his back towards the person ; then apply 

 a napkia around his neck and shoulders behind, 

 bringing it over his fore legs, and securing it by the 

 knees of the person holding the dog ; by this means 

 his fore legs cannot act against the medicine. The 

 jaws being now opened by the person between whose 

 knees he is, a second attendant now holds the tongue 

 down with one hand, and with the other places the 

 medicine on the root of the tongue ; when his mouth 

 being closed, and kept so by the hands, it is of ne- 

 cessity sv. allowed. Nutriment may be given in a si- 

 milar manner. 



Dogs in sickness must be attended to with the 

 same care tha*c a child requires : whatever is worth 

 doing at all, is worth doing well ; and if dogs d%- 







