7 t CONVULSIONS OR FITS. 



ounces, according to his size and strength) when the following 

 should be administered : 



Jalap, one scruple 



cream of tartar, half a dram 



water, one ounce, 



mixed ; half taken the morning after the dog has been bled ; 

 the other half in two hours after, well shaken : a rowel should 

 afterwards be put in the neck, and kept open for a considerable 

 time : the following should then be given : 



Peruvian bark, half an ounce 

 water, half a pint 



boiled for a few minutes and strained ; then add, sweet spirit of 

 nitre, one dram : a table spoonful to be given every two hours, 

 the animal afterwards to be kept on a mild nourishing diet. 



When convulsions arise from indigestion, the following has 

 been generally found efficacious : from two to eight grains of 

 tartar emetic (according to the age and size of the dog) and in 

 two days after, give the following : 

 Calomel, six grains 

 Barbadoes aloes, half a dram. 



Divide into six doses, and administer one every or perhaps 

 every other morning, as you may judge the patient can bear 

 it : when you may give tonics, as recommended under the head 

 Distemper. 



What is called the megrim or giddiness in the head is a 

 species of fit, and may be removed by bleeding. The same 

 disease is, by some, denominated falling madness (a ridiculous 

 name certainly) from, I suppose, the animal occasionally falling 

 from giddiness. When thus afflicted, the dog will frequently 

 rub his feet against the sides of his mouth, and appear as if he 

 had a bone in his throat. Any of these symptoms will give way 

 to the treatment just described : and where the disorder is 



