164 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



pill for appetite, and being a mild laxative, is just what a dog ought to have 

 when he comes home. Take of: 



Compound powder of colocynth 24 grains 



Sulphate of iron 12 grains 



Sulphate of quinine 12 grains 



Powdered liquorice root 48 grains 



Extract of gentian, sufficient to make into a suitable mass. Divide into 16 pills 

 (or 32 of half the size if desired). Give one of the larger size to a dog of not 

 more than 20 Ibs. every four or five hours until a distinctly aperient effect is 

 produced. The smaller pills will answer for smaller dogs, and large dogs can 

 have two or three of 'the pills, according to circumstances. These pills are best 

 prepared fresh as required. I prefer, however, to use Sergeant's, Clayton's or 

 Dent's Condition Pills much handier. Gelatin or sugar coated, and easier to give. 



CHRONIC COUGH. "Pointer dog whose coat was good, healthy in every way, 

 bowels regular, has acted dull for two weeks, wanting to lie down a good bit of 

 the time. Taken for a run after a wheel unless I rode slowly, will begin to 

 cough after a couple miles, and unless given a rest would cough as if he would 

 strangle to death. It is a dry cough, and I never seen him emit anything. He 

 seldom coughs when at home. I treated for worms and got none, gave cough 

 medicine and it done no good.'' 



Answer. It is a chronic cough and hard to cure. Get the "COUGH PILL" 

 prescription filled as given in this book, and give a pill night and morning, keep- 

 ing them up regularly for some weeks. 



WEAK JOINTS. "Basset-hound pup, eleven months old, very weak in joints 

 below pastern, which makes him weak as if he had tender fore feet. He does not 

 knuckle over. I have commenced giving him Parrish's Chemical Food. Can I 

 do better? He has no worms." 



Answer. Continue the Parrish's food, and bathe the legs twice daily with 

 a solution of Tidman's sea .salt. Feed principally on raw meat. 



COLD AND DEBILITY. "Prescribe for my English setter. She had a litter of 

 five puppies, then one eye got sore and a film came over it; she lost her appetite 

 and her milk dried up in two weeks. I have been feeding the puppies on cow's 

 milk ever since. She eats barely enough to keep her alive. She does not run 

 at the nose or the other eye, or cough. What is the matter with her? 



Answer. Cold and debility. Give her a tablaspoonful of the emulsion of 

 Cod Liver Oil three times a day, feed raw, lean beef, chopped fine, milk and 

 eggs, gelatin or anything she will eat, and give five grains of pepsin after meals. 

 Use my eye lotion No. 2 twice a day." 



FITS. "My setter, three years old, is subject to fits. Will hunt fast for three 

 or four hours, then get so weak he staggers and finally lies down, unable to get up 

 and limber as a rag; .the spell will last an hour. Previous to these spells he is 

 going fast and seems strong. Never whines or makes any noise while he has a 

 fit. Is in good condition." 



Answer. "Give 2 grains of iodide of potash three times daily for two weeks, 

 together with one-sixtieth of a grain of strychnine." (See also FITS.) 



BLOODY Mucus. "Please prescribe for my setter dog,' three years old, whose 

 aowels are loose, and he is constantly straining and passing a bloody mucus 



