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 untunate tliat the accumuUition of fat is in so^iie dogs 

 so irmcli a disease, that, feed as you will, they will 

 fatten. Chanj^ing the diet is a very good mode to 

 reduce the tiesh. Little or no meat should be given, 

 but Dotatoes, or bread and milk. 



Dogs may be brought to live wholly on vegetables, 

 bv niincini; meat they are accustomed to with a siiiall 

 quantity of vegetable cf some kind, so that it cannot 

 be separated from the meat. Every day the quantity 

 of vegetable may be increased, and that of the meat 

 lessened : by this means the dog will be satisfied with- 

 out havins: his fat increased. This food is also 

 opening, and tlms good to keep down fat ; and, more- 

 ever, it has a peculiar quality in restoring the lungs. 

 In all these cases, therefore, the most strenuous means 

 should be made use of to bring them to live on this 

 kind of food. Bleeding m some cases gives a tem- 

 porary relief. Purgatives are useful, given in mode- 

 ration, and not too frequently and not too strong ; 

 for they greatly promote absorption of the fat, and, ai 

 such, must considerably assist the cure. 



But, of all the means made use of, emetics are the 

 best ; but they must be long continued, and at regular 

 intervals, as twice a week. In the intermediate days 

 alteratives will be found very useful. The Alte- 

 rative Powders [page 22] are extremely proper 

 for this purpose ; and, perhaps, a long continued 

 course of these would be the very best medicine that 

 could be given. Exercise is an admirable remedy 

 likewise, but it should be long continued, and not 

 violent ; for if violent, it increases cough, by deter- 

 mining more blood to the lungs. 



When the disease terminates in death, it destroys 



