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In feeding the sick, the whites as well as the yolks of 

 eo-gs can be given in ail instances where the stomach will 

 retain them ; and when vomited, if the yolks are removed 

 and only the whites administered not only will they gen- 

 erally remain on the stomach but have an agreeable, 

 soothing action on its lining membrane. 



To a dog that has fallen off in coat and is under weight 

 no better dietetic treatment can be administered than 

 plenty of new milk with one, two, or more — according 

 to his size — raw eggs, lightly beaten up in it for break- 

 fast, and the same number at noon in about half the quan- 

 tity of milk taken in the morning. And if he is a dainty 

 feeder, when night comes another &gg or two can wisely 

 be mixed with his meat. 



If merely suffering from derangement a dog is quite 

 sure to " pick up " quickly under this treatment, and he 

 will very often do so even when down with disease ; while 

 in the presence of good health raw eggs can be given fre- 

 quently, with the assurance that the dogs will be all the 

 better for the change. 



It is scarcely necessary to add that whether for man or 

 dogs the eggs should always be fresh, for when stale, even 

 if they have made no near approach to decay, they are far 

 less easily digested than the new-laid. 



The subject of fish is one soon disposed of. All kinds 

 that have been recently caught and properly cooked can 

 occasionally be used in feeding dogs, but merely to vary 

 the diet, for while nutritious, as usually served they are 

 not very digestible ; moreover, dogs seldom show any fond- 

 ness for this food and generally eat it under protest, as it 

 were. 



When it is to be prepared specially for dogs the 

 method to be employed is boiling ; and unless the fish 

 are very large it is advisable to enclose them in bags 



