270 DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



1. Purgative Injection — Castor oil, £ oz. ; spirit of turpentine, 2 

 drams ; gruel, 6 to 8 oz. Mix. 



2. A Good Aperient Ball — Blue pill, t scruple; compound extract 

 of colocynth, 1 scruple ; powdered rhubarb, 5 grains; oil of aniseed, 

 2 drops. Mix. Give to a large dog ; but for a small one, give one- 

 half or one-third. 



3. Strong Aperient Ball— Calomel, 4 grains ; jalap, 14 to 2d grains ; 

 linseed meal and water, one or two boluses, according to size. 



4. Castor Oil Mixture — Castor oil, | pint ; laudanum, £ oz. ; 

 oil of aniseed, 1 dram ; oil, 2 oz. Mix, and give according to the 

 size of dog, from one to three tablespoonfuls. 



Antispasmodics. 



Anti-spasmodics, as their name implies, are remedies which are in- 

 tended to counteract excessive muscular action, called spasm, or when 

 in the limbs, cramp. 



1. Anti-spasmodic Injection — Laudanum, sulphuric ether and spirit 

 of turpentine, each 1 to 2 drams ; gruel, 3 to 6 oz. Mix. 



2. "Anti-spasmodic Mixture — Camphor mixture, 1 oz.; sulphuric- 

 ether and laudanum, of each | to 1 dram. Mix. Give every two 

 Jiours till spasms cease. 



Alteratives. 



To produce a fresh and healthy action in place of previous disor- 

 dered functions, alteratives are given. It is only by the results that 

 the precise mode of action can be understood, and the utility of these 

 medicines recognized. 



1. Plummer's pill, 2 to 5 grains ; extract of hemlock, 2 to 3 grains. 

 Mix, and give every night. 



2. Cod liver oil, from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful, with one or 

 two drops of wine of iron twice a day. 



3. Stinking hellebore, 5 to 8 grains ; powdered rhubarb, 2 to 



