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Give a purgative, throw up a clyster also, and in two hours com- 

 mence with the following : — 



Powdered foxglove (digitalis) 12 grains^ 



Tartar emetic 3 grains 



Nitre 1 drachm. 



Mix, and divide into six, nine, or twelve powders, or form into 

 balls, and give one every two or three hours : but if there should 

 be much cough present, then substitute the following ; — 



Tinctm-e of foxglove 1 drachm 



Tartarised antimony (tartar emetic) , . 3 grains 



Nitrated potash (nitre) 1 dracjim 



Oxymel 2 ounces. 



Give from a tea to a dessert-spoonful of this mixture every two or 

 three hours : should either of these medicines act as a vomit, mo- 

 derate the dose. It is peculiarly requisite also to keep the dog in 

 a cool temperature, and, provided his skin is screened from the 

 access of cold, it is no matter how cool the air he breathes may be. 

 If amendment should not be apparent in four hours, the bleeding 

 may be repeated and the blistering likewise. But if, in spite of 

 these renewed applications, the nose and mouth continue intensely 

 cold, the head remains elevated, and the motion of the heart indis- 

 tinct, a fatal termination may be expected. 



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Inflammation of the larynx sometimes attacks dogs. We con- 

 sider it not unlikely to result from hastily swallowing something, 

 either in itself caustic, or otherwise of a scalding heat : a wasp or 

 bee snapped up hastily, might, by stinging the fauces, produce it. 

 Without doubt also other causes may occasion it ; but it cannot be 

 regarded otherwise than as a rare affection. The affected dog is 



3 In the administration of digitalis, the pulse should be frequently examined : 

 it is desirable that this active remedy should be administered vigorously until 

 the pulse is found to intermit; after which time it should be less actively pur- 

 sued, for fear of carrying the enervating effect too far. 



