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regulate the bowels. A course of the iodide of potas< 

 sium I have likewise adopted, and can with confidence 

 recommend. Alterative doses only should be adminis- 

 tered ; and the drug ought to be continued for three 

 months at least. If prepared in the following form, it 

 will not perhaps be readily swallowed up, but the 

 animal will very seldom violently resist its administra- 

 tion : 



; 



Simple syrup .... Two ounces. 



Water Six ounces. 



Iodide of potassium . . Fifteen grains to one drachm. 

 Dose, one drachm, or a teaspoonful thrice daily 



The quantity ordered contains from, a quarter of a grain 

 to a grain of the iodide ; and, if there be motive for 

 desiring it should be exhibited in substance, the like 

 amounts may be made into pills with conserve of roses, 

 and a little powdered liquorice. The form is of little 

 importance ; but I prefer the fluid, because I have found 

 that the animal can, with no great trouble or vast tax 

 upon ingenuity, be brought to accept it readily ; and 

 with dogs, as with children, we gain by convincing them 

 we are practising no deception. These creatures pos- 

 sess remarkable discernment : it is astonishing how long 

 the doubt, when once excited, will act upon the canine 

 mind. A pill, for this reason, is better pushed down the 

 throat than presented in meat ; for the imposition, being 

 once detected, will for a long time subsequent to it be 

 suspected. It is, therefore, best to proceed openly and 



