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a long experience enables me to state, that the loosenesses or 

 scourings of dogs are best combatted by a proper mixture of both 

 these. In the purging which accompanies distemper, however, 

 the disease frequently proves very obstinate, and even baffles every 

 endeavour to remove it. Suet, boiled in milk, has been long a 

 favourite domestic remedy, and in slight cases is equal to the cure. 

 Alum-whey has also proved useful, but more frequently as an in- 

 jection, than by the mouth. Great benefit has also been experi- 

 enced from an infusion of the inner rind of the barberiy, parti- 

 cularly when the evacuations have been glairy and mucus-like. 

 In cases where there has been an appearance of much bile in the 

 stools, and the dog has been strong, I have found it prudent some- 

 times to premise an emetic of ipecacuanha, after which either of 

 the following recipes may be used with advantage. In point of 

 efficacy they are to be ranked, according to my experience, in the 

 order in which they stand. 



No. 1. Powdered opium 5 grains 



Powdered catechu 2 drachms 



Powdered gum arable 2 drachms 



Prepared chalk 2 drachms 



Powdered ginger half a drachm. 



Make into twelve, nine, or six balls, with conserve of roses, and 

 give one, twice, thrice, or even four times a- day, according to the 

 urgency of the symptoms, &c. &c. 



No. 2. Powdered myrrh 1 drachm 



Powdered ipecacuanha 1 scruple 



Powdered opium 3 grains 



Prepared chalk 2 drachms 



Carbonate of iron 1 drachm. 



Mix, prepare, and give as above. 



No. 3. Magnesia 1 drachm 



Powdered alum 2 scruples 



Powdered calumba 1 drachm 



Powdered gum arable 2 drachms. 



Mix with six ounces of boiled starch, and give a dessert or a table- 



