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within the cavity. This last discovery leaves no room for 

 further doubt, so we pronounce the liver to be the organ 

 that is principally affected. In chronic cases, especially 

 after the dog has begun to waste, enlargement nearly 

 always may be felt, not invariably hard, yet often so, but 

 never soft or so soft as the other parts ; and this proof 

 should, therefore, in every instance of the kind be sought for. 

 With regard to treatment, the food must not be sud- 

 denly reduced to the starvation point. Whether the 

 dog be fat or lean, let the quality be nutritious, and the 

 quantity sufficient ; from a quarter of a pound to a pound 

 and a half of paunch, divided into four meals, will be 

 enough for a single day ; but nothing more than this 

 must be given. Tonics, to strengthen the system gene- 

 rally, should be employed ; and an occasional dose of the 

 cathartic pills administered, providing the condition is 

 such as justifies the use of purgatives. Frequent small 

 blisters, applied over the region of the liver, may do good ; 

 but they should not be larger than two or four inches 

 across, and they should be repeated one every three or four 

 days. Leeches put upon the places where hardness can 

 be felt, also are beneficial j but depletion must be regu- 

 lated by the ability of the animal to sustain it. A long 

 course of iodide of potassium in solution, combined with the 

 liquor potassse, will, however, constitute the principal de- 

 pendence. 



Iodide of potassium . . Two drachms two scruples. 



Liquor potassse . . . One ounce and a half. 



Simple syrup .... Six ounces. 



Water Twelve ounces and a half. 



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