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taken away, she cannot be saved. As an internal remedy employ 

 the following: — 



Sulphuric aether 1 drachm 



Tincture of opium {laudanum) ^ . . 1 drachm 



Strong ale 2 ounces. Mix. 



Give from a dessert to two table-spoonfuls of this mixture, accord- 

 ing to the size and strength of the patient, repeating the dose 

 every two or three hours. Force down also some nutritious 

 matter, solid or liquid, as diet ; and, as soon as the animal will eat, 

 let the food be of the very best kind, and in sufficient quantities. 

 But let the warm bath be resorted to before all. 



The true idiopathic epilepsy, or that which becomes habitual 

 without a known or accidental cause (or even that which is occa- 

 sioned from accidental causes), should it resist the preventive 

 means already directed, must be combatted by antispasmodics and 

 tonics : commence the treatment, however, by the following, where 

 the dog is strong, and in full condition ; if otherwise, proceed with 

 the next recipe : — 



Calomel (suhmuriate of quicksilver) 8 grains 



Carbonate of iron half a drachm 



Extract of hemlock (cicuta) 1 scruple. 



Mix with conserve of roses, palm oil, &c. &c.; sufficient to form 

 twelve, nine, or six balls, of which give one every morning. Should 

 these not mitigate the attacks, try the following : — 



Nitrate of silver (lunar caustic), finely powdered . . 2 grains 



Spider's web, called cobweb 5 grains 



Conserve of roses sufficient for balls. 



Make into nine, twelve, or fifteen balls, according to the size of 

 the dog ; of which give one every morning. 



CHOREA, SPASM, CONVULSION, AND PARALYSIS. 



Chorea, known in the human subject as St. Vitus's dance, is a 

 peculiar modification, or compound of spasm and paralysis. We 

 have sufficient reasons for considering the whole of these as arising 



