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vomiting has taken place ; when a strong dose of castor oil 

 should be administered, followed by nourishing diet. 



Whatever will cause instantaneous vomiting may have the 

 desired effect. If a dog has swallowed poison, and no better 

 remedy happen to be at hand, almost any kind of oil, (rancid or 

 otherwise) poured down the throat is adviseable. The poison 

 will most likely be either nox vomica, arsenic, or corrosive sub- 

 limate ; however, let the poison be what it will, the best remedy is 

 the following : 



Ipecacuanha, fifteen grains 

 water, two tablespoonfuls, mixed 



Should it not operate in fifteen minutes, repeat the dose; 

 After the operation 



Take of prepared kali, three drams 

 water, one ounce 



give a table spoonful every fifteen minutes, which will most likely 

 produce vomiting and purging. Afterwards nourishing diet. 



" Antidote for vegetable poisons. M, Drapiez has ascertained, 

 by numerous experiments, that the fruit of the fewillea cordifolia 

 is a powerful antidote against vegetable poisons. He poisoned 

 dogs with the rhus toxicodendron, hemlock, and nox vomica. 

 All those that were left to the effects of the poison died, but 

 those to whom the fruit of the fewillea cordifolia was adminis- 

 tered, recovered completely, after a short illness. M. Drapiez 

 also took two arrows which had been dipt in the juice of manchi- 

 nelle, and slightly wounded with them two young cats. To the 

 j one of these he applied a poultice, composed of the fruit of the 

 fewillea cordifolia, while the other was left without any applica- 

 tion. The wound of the former speedily healed; while the 

 other, in a short time, fell into convulsions, and died." 



It is very difficult however to save the life of a dog that has 

 taken poison. Nox vomica is what the base minded generally 



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