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which is becoming quite offensive; his appetite is fairly good; hair in tolerable 

 condition; he is lively enough and hunts quite fast and keeps going. I notice lie 

 is losing flesh. Is his condition serious?" 



Answer. "Yes, it is serious. Give one ounce of castor-oil, and three times 

 daily give one leaspoonful of the following mixture: Fluid extract gentian root 

 one dram, fluid extract hydrastis one dram, tincture of ginger one-half dram; 

 water to make two ounces." 



BITCH WITH PUPS WON'T BAT. "English setter bitch, weight thirty-eight 

 pounds, who has a litter of ten puppies, four weeks old. She does not eat as she 

 should; every i'ew days she will refuse food and vomit freely, and the only thing 

 I can get her to eat is bread and milk. Her bowels are very loose. Puppies are 

 in good condition. 1 have been giving them bread and milk also." 



Answer. "Wean the puppies so soon as possible, feed the dam lean raw beef,, 

 chopped fine, it she will eat it. Give her three grains of pepsin after each meal, 

 also give a tabiespoonful of cod liver oil emulsion four times a day." 



URINATING Too OFTEN. "My pointer bitch, three years old, that has just had 

 a litter of puppies, which I destroyed as soon as they were born. She tries to 

 make water too often, at least twenty-five times in an hour. I had her out on 

 Monday, September 5, and she tried to make water during the day at least five 

 hundred times. What is the matter? Please prescribe." 



Answer. "Give your bitch a teaspoonful of sanmetto three times a day for 

 at least two weeks, and if necessary longer; she is suffering from inflammatory 

 action of the uuiary organs." 



SOBE THROAT COUGH DUE TO COLD. "I have a hound with a peculiar affection 

 of the throat. He has a hoarseness of the voice, with a slight watery discharge 

 from the eyes, also a saliva from the corners of the mouth. Thinking he had u 

 cold I gave him a Cough Cure, but it did not touch him. Although his eyes and 

 mouth are now free from discharge his voice is very hoarse, acting a great deal 

 like a man with a sore throat, requiring an effort to speak. Do you think there 

 is a bone splinter in the throat or is it from a cold? Please prescribe." 



Answer . "We think it is a cold, use the f/ollowing mixture: Muriate 

 ammonia six drams, fluid extract belladonna three drams, fluid extract licorice 

 tour ounces, simple syrup four ounces; give a teaspoonful every five hours." 



LUMPS ANU SORES ON DOG. "I have a pointer puppy about seven months old, 

 and when he was three months old a lump formed on the top of his head; I had 

 him treated by a veterinary who blistered it and opened it, removing some pus. 

 The head soon got well, but a month or so later he took the distemper, wnicii 

 soon yielded to treatment, and he was growing and looking finely, but recently a 

 large lump formed on his left side and three days later a larger one on the left 

 side of his neck. 1 used blisters on both and they are now discharging pus. The 

 puppy has always been fed liberally on well cooked meat, with plenty of bread 

 and some milk, and kept in the best, of kennels. Please prescribe, i have two 

 more of the same litter that went through the distemper all right and show no 

 sigiijs of any other disorder." 



Answer. "Wash out tlie sores that are discharging pus once a day for one 

 week witii equal parts of peroxide of hydrogen and water, and give, twice a day, 

 Sergeant's Condition Pills." 



LAMENESS FROM HARD BUNCH ON LEG. "Please prescribe for my English set- 



