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gentle friction. The capsules previously mentioned should also be given three 

 times a day. 



"Tumors that do not yield to the treatment, or have been let go so far as to 

 become ripe or full of matter, can only be treated with the knife. Operations 

 should only be entrusted to a veterinary surgeon, who will insert the lancet at 

 the softest spot of the enlargement and drain off the contents, afterward inserting 

 a pledget of oakum which should be changed daily. Large tumors that do not 

 soften should be dissected out entire and the wound properly dressed." 



LABOR, PREMATURE. This is occasionally caused by over exertion, leap 

 ing from a high place, injuries and the abuse of purgatives, as well as the result 

 of diseased organs; it is not of very frequent occurrence, bitches generally whelp- 

 ing exactly sixty-three days after the visit to the dog, although there are numer- 

 ous instances where the time is varied more or less. When it does occur the 

 bitch should be placed in a comfortable room and kept perfectly quiet, fed on 

 broth, porridge, &<?., and repeated doses, one every four or five hours, of opium 

 should be given. See also PARTURITION. 



LAMENESS may arise from a cut foot, a thorn, injury to the spine, or to one 

 of the limbs or joints or from rheumatism when it conies on suddenly, seek for 

 the cause, and treat the case accordingly, the liniment for sprains very likely to 

 be of benefit in many of such cases. 



LARYNGITIS, OP. INFLAMMATION OF THE UPPER PART OF THE WINDPIPE. This 

 common affection is caused by cold or incessant barking, the dog^ becomes hoarse 

 and the power to bark articulately is gone. Yard dogs kept constantly on chain, 

 and very wrong to so keep any dog, are very liable to contract this from straining 

 on their collar in barking and trying to get at somebody or something it sees. 

 In treating laryngitis there is danger of choking the dog in drenching because 

 of the difficulty in swallowing caused by the inflammation. The following electu- 

 ary in this or any case of sore throat will be found safer and very beneficial: 



Chlorate of potash, finely powdered 2 drams 



Powdered gum guaicum 1 dram 



Powdered gum acacia 1 drain 



Oxymel of squills 5 drams 



Honey 1 ounce 



[ix, and place a teaapoonful well back on the tongue three times a day. 



Poultice the throat with hot linseed meal poultices, renewed often, or bathe 

 rith hot water, and afterwards rubbed well in the following liniment: 



Spirit of turpentine 1 ounce 



Spirit of hartshorn 1 ounce 



Tincture of cantharides % ounce 



Rape oil I 1 ,!, ounces 



Here is a case prescribed for by DENT: 



"I have an English setter dog about twenty months old that acts as though he 

 id something in his throat. It affects his breathing, and when he first showed 

 Tnptoms of it his eyes were red and ran matter. He eats sometimes, but at 

 others will not eat; is healthy and bright. I can put my finger under his throat 

 and press very lightly, and it almost shuts off his wind. It seems as though there 

 was a kind of bunch in his throat that is not natural. (1) Would inflammation 



