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fact a medicinal appetizer of any sort is rarely needed, 

 for whenever the desire for food abates there is a cause 

 which should be removed, and that gone the appetite will 

 return without the aid of drugs. 



What has been said of arsenic, iron and quinine in the 

 main holds good with other tonics, individually and col- 

 lectively, singly and combined, as " conditioners," for only 

 dogs that are sick actually require them, and no sick dog 

 nor one convalescing should be sent to a show. 



The moral of all this is, that where form is lacking the 

 only proper course to take to overcome the fault is to 

 resort to hygienic and dietetic means, and he who is 

 denied the opportunities to apply them when they are 

 needed should keep his dog at home. 



