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PHYSIC. 



On many occasions, purging medicines are very 

 proper and useful to dogs. In sickness, by pnruing 

 we frequently restore health ; and in heaith, hv the 

 same means we often ensure its continuartce. Cos- 

 tiveness is very prevalent amonij dogs, parlicnlarly 

 those who have little exercise, and are fed wholly 

 on fiesh : this complaint frequently occasions piles, 

 and likewise not unfrequently degenerates into ab- 

 solute and obstinate constipation : and numerous 

 are the dogs I have seen destroyed by this means: 

 In these cases a proper purgative now and then is 

 highly proper. The disposition to fatness some dogs 

 shew, and which certainly ends in disease, is kept 

 down by proper physic. Fits frequently arise from 

 a costive habit, and the want of proper physic. 

 Worms are removed by purgatives frequently. With- 

 out physic, dogs cannot readily be got into hunting 

 condition : when it is of a proper kind, it increases 

 their wind, vigour, and durability. In the first 

 stages of disicmper, purging is sometimes useful. 



The physic I generally m.ake use of for all the 

 aforemcA-jtioned purposes, and which answers these 

 purposes with safety and efficacy, may be seen un- 

 der the title 



Purging Balls [page 23]. It is so com- 

 pounded, as to have regulated doses in each package, 

 adapted to the various sizes, ages, and strengths of 

 dogs. 



PILES. 

 Dogs are veij subject to piles, though the com^ 



