14 THE DOGS OF THE BEIT1SH ISLANDS. 



1. TONIC PILLS. Disulphate of quinine, 1 to 3 grains ; ginger, 2 to 3 grains. 

 Extract of gentian, enough to form a bolus, to be given twice a day. 



2. TONIC MIXTURE. Compound tincture of bark, 1 ounce ; decoction of yellow 

 bark, 7 ounces. Mix, and give two tablespoonfuls twice or thrice a day. 



3. DISTEMPER TONIC. Aromatic spirit of ammonia, 1 drachm; decoction of 

 yellow bark, 1 ounce ; compound tincture of bark, 1 drachm. Mix. 



WASHES OE LOTIONS. 



1. MANGE WASH. Calvert's carbolic wash diluted with twenty times its bulk 

 of water, and rubbed into the roots of the hair in red mange. 



2. BISHOP'S MANGE LOTION is a preparation of lime, &c., which is said by 

 good judges to be extremely successful in curing mange, and especially red mange. 

 It is at all events not likely to be injurious. 



WOEM MEDICINES. 



1. Areca nut powdered, of which 2 grains for every pound the dog weighs is 

 the dose, for worms generally. 



2. Santonine is the remedy for round worm. Dose for the average dog, 3 

 grains in a pill. 



3. Spirit of turpentine, 1 to 4 drachms, to be tied up in a piece of bladder and 

 given as a bolus in obstinate cases of tape worms. 



4. MALE FERN. Eoot, 1 to 3 drachms ; oil, 10 to 30 drops, in tape worm. 



OHAPTEE II. 

 ADMINISTRATION OF REMEDIES. 



ITHOUT some little patience and a knowledge of the temper of the 

 dog, it is often very difficult to administer physic in any shape. A 

 large powerful animal, of a savage temper, is scarcely to be controlled 

 even k v his keeper ; but any dog of less than 401b. or 501b. weight is 

 within the power of a resolute man, especially with his hands properly 

 guarded by gloves. 



In giving a pill or bolus to a small dog, he should be gently taken into the lap 

 of the operator, or left in that of his attendant, then laying hold of the space 

 between the canine teeth and the molars on each side with the thumb and forefinger 

 of the left hand, the mouth is forced open, and the pill dropped into the throat by 

 the other hand, following it rapidly with the forefinger and pushing it down as far 

 as the finger will reach. The mouth is then kept shut for a second or two until the 

 pill has had time to reach the stomach. 



