3-24 DISEASES OF DOGS. 



RECIPE (No. 5.) 

 Canine Emetic. 



Dissolve one grain of tartar emetic in one ounce of simple syrup. 



Give one, two, or three teaspoonfuls for a dose, according to the 

 size of the animal, and repeat the medicine in twenty minutes, should 

 it not operate. 



Half an ounce, one ounce, or one ounce and a half 

 of castor oil may succeed, followed by a daily quinine 

 pill, such as is recommended for distemper. 



The second complaint is a discharge from the nose 

 similar to that which accompanies distemper. Old 

 dogs are very subject to it, and particularly old pugs, 

 It is occasionally a discharge of almost all colours, 

 and is highly offensive. It is ulceration of some of 

 the small bones of the nose, springing from the de- 

 bility inseparable from old age, increased by high 

 feeding and over-indulgence. The parts affected are 

 removed from sight, and all that the kindest proprietor 

 can accomplish, is effected by a frequent injection of 

 the weak solution of the chloride of zinc, with a cor- 

 rection of the folly which may previously have been 

 gratified at the expense of the animal. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE GLANDS, AND OF THE CEL- 

 LULAR SUBSTANCE BENEATH THE THROAT. 



PHLEGMONOUS SWELLING OF THE THROAT. 



Dogs are very subject to swellings of the neck, of 

 various kinds, which are frequent attendants upon the 



