DISEASES. .yr. 37 



NITRATE OF SILVER PILLS. 



Nitrate of silver 3 grains 



Bread 2 drams 



Make into twenty-four pills. Dose for a dog 30-lb. to 50-lb. weight, one pill twice a 

 da?' given at the time of feeding. Small toy dogs of 10 to 12 Ibs. give one-half a 

 pill as a dose: 



The following pills I have found very successful, and can strongly recommend 

 them, although, of course, they are not infallible. As the ingredients require very 

 great accuracy in weighing, and very careful mixing, the amateur must not 

 attempt the making of them, which must be left to a properly qualified dispensing 

 chemist, and the box containing the pills should be kept strictly in the master's 

 possession, for fear of accidents: 



Strychnine 1 grain 



Quinine 18 grains 



Extract of belladonna 6 grains 



Extract of gentian 1 dram 



Powder for Compound Rhubarb Pill 1 dram 



Mix very carefully and divide into forty-eight pills. Dose for a dog 20-lb. to 40-lb. 

 weight, one pill twice a day with his food. Small dogs, half a pill. St. Bernards, 

 one and one-half pill as a dose. 



"It is necessary in chorea to continue the use of these remedies foV a con- 

 siderable time at least a month to two months, in most cases to produce any 

 satisfactory result, or even to give them a fair trial; and, as before said, the dog 

 must be carefully fed, well lodged and properly exercised when he has sufficient 

 power to use his limbs, and in the case of dogs reared in towns, a change to the 

 country for some weeks would be beneficial. Galvanism has been recommended 

 for chorea; I have not seen it tried, but should think it well worth a trial." 



Here are two different cases of chorea prescribed for by the American Field' 



"About two months since I bred a young pug bitch, and shortly afterward I 

 noticed a nervtous affection in her face; just about as regular as a clock would 

 tick the lower jaw would drop and raise again, and for a while her tongue would 

 hang out at one side as if partially paralyzed. What is the probable cause, and what 

 treatment should she ha\e? She did not whelp, and this was her first mating. Ans. 

 Chorea; give two drops of Fowler's Solution of Arsenic three times daily for six 

 consecutive days, then increase the dose one drop daily until fifteen drops are given 

 at each and every dose; continue this for one week, then decrease in the same ratio. 



"Please prescribe for my English setter bitch that has had, for the last two 

 months, a severe jerking in her fore legs, seeming to be worse in damp weather; 

 otherwise she is apparently in- good health. Tha bitch had the distemper about 

 two or three months ago. Ans. Chprea. For ten consecutive days give ten 

 grains of iodide of potash three times daily, then give six drops of Fowler's 

 Solution three times daily for seven consecutive days, and on the eighth day 

 increase the dose one drop daily until thirty drops are given at each and every 

 dose; continue this for fourteen days then decrease in the same ratio." The electric 

 battery has proved of great benefit in many cases. 



The two above cases of chorea in a pug and an English setter gives you the 

 old and well-known Fowlers' Solution of Arsenic treatment, and proper sized doses, 

 if you wish to try it. This is the old-time remedy and has cured chorea when 

 directions were carefully followed. 



