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medicine, followed by a course of bromides. Twenty 

 grains of bromide of ammonia can be given to an 

 adult hound every six hours, or even a httle oftener, 

 if the fits are severe or recurrent. Bromide of 

 strontium, of soda, or of potash, can be substituted 

 for the ammonia if necessary, and given in the same 

 doses, mixed with a tablespoonful of water. 



Parturient Eclampsia 



In this trouble the affection is characterized by 

 epileptiform seizures and c nfined to the parturient 

 bitch, in other words, to the dam, whilst suckling 

 her puppies. Its appearance seems to be mainly 

 dependent upon anaemia of the brain, due to exhaus- 

 tion of the economy by the excessive demand made 

 upon the mother by the offspring. The puppies 

 should be weaned as soon as possible, or, what is still 

 better, get a foster mother ; the drain upon the system 

 must be reduced. A dose of laxative medicine must 

 be given, all excitement avoided, and the bitch should 

 have twenty grains of bromide of potash night and 

 morning in a Uttle water. Feed on soft food. 



Paralysis 



A paralytic condition of the body, or any part of 

 the body, is capable of arising through a multipHcity 

 of causes, and the paralytic condition is but sympto- 



