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Give an ounce every hour to a small dog, and four 

 ounces to the largest animal. A full enema of the solu- 

 tion of soap should be thrown up ; and the rectum having 

 been emptied, an ounce or four ounces of the sulphuric 

 ether and hyoscyamus mixture ought to be injected every 

 hour. Over the anterior part of the forehead, from one 

 to four leeches may be applied. To do this the hair 

 must be cut close, and the parts shaved ; then, with a 

 pair of scissors, the skin must be snipped through, and 

 the leech put to the wound : after tasting the blood it 

 will take hold. To the nape of the neck a small blister 

 may be applied ; and if it rises, the hope will mount with 

 it. A blister is altogether preferable to a seton ; the one 

 acts as a derivative, by drawing the blood immediately 

 to the surface without producing absolute inflammation, 

 which the other as a foreign body violently excites. The 

 effects of vesicants are speedy, those of setons are 

 remote ; and I have seen fearful spectacles induced by 

 their employment. With dogs setons are never safe ; 

 for these animals, with their teeth or claws, are nearly 

 certain to tear them out. In cases of fits, if the seton 

 causes much discharge, it is debilitating and also offensive 

 to the dog, and the ends of the tape are to him an inces- 

 sant annoyance. It is not my practice to employ setons, 

 being convinced that those agents are not beneficial to 

 the canine race ; but to blisters, which on these animals 

 are seldom used, I have little objection. With the 

 ammonia and cantharides, turpentine and mustard, we 

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