104 THE FOXHOUND 



tablet of one-twentieth of a grain of bichloride 

 of mercury three times a day. Keep the hound 

 on a milk diet until cured, and on soft foods 

 for some time gradually returning to solids. 

 If the hound will not drink milk freely, add a 

 little brandy and beaten eggs, to milk, and 

 pour a few spoonfuls down the throat every 

 few hours. 



Poison 



Hounds at liberty frequently pick up poisons 

 which may have been laid down for vermin, 

 etc. The principal ingredients which hounds 

 are likely to get in this way are arsenic, carbolic 

 acid, phosphorus, and strychnine. Hounds are 

 such inveterate creatures for poking their noses 

 into strange places that they soon find any- 

 thing tasty, and in this way greedily eat. If by 

 chance a dog should eat any poison, the first 

 step is to empty the stomach by a quick acting 

 emetic such as tartar emetic, or even warm 

 water with salt or mustard in small quantities, 

 afterwards giving some antidote, such as lard, 

 milk and egg, olive oil, etc., in large quantitty. 

 Castor oil is also very useful, and if there is 

 much pain, a dose of laudanum every three or 

 four hours. 



