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ulcer. These tumours are a species of carbuncle. 

 The ulcer will readily heal if the bowels are kept 

 open, the mode of feeding is radically changed, and 

 the ulcer is thrice daily moistened with the following 

 preparation. 



RECIPE (No. 16). 



Lotion for Wounds. 



Take — Chloride of zinc, one grain ; 

 Water, one ounce. 



CHAPTER XV. 



PARTURITION, 



The bitch goes with young nine weeks. It is seldom 

 before the fifth week that the belly begins to enlarge. 

 The foetus may, however, be felt at the end of a 

 month, and can plainly be detected to move a week 

 before parturition. A day or two before the expira- 

 tion of her time of utero-gestation, she usually gets 

 fidgety and uneasy ; she selects her bed ; and about 

 this period the secretion of milk has generally com- 

 menced. If she has not been petted, and thus dis- 

 posed to inflammation, there is little or no danger 

 attending the act of parturition. 



Petted bitches, however, frequently experience 

 much difficulty in bringing forth their young, and 

 manual assistance is then necessary. The precise 

 time when pupping is anticipated should be inquired : 

 and the animal not interfered with until some hours 

 after the full expiration of the period. 



When, however, it is deemed expedient to inter- 

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