HUNTING DIRECTORY. 71 



Convulsions or Fits. 



may be regarded as a sovereign remedy, and there are 

 few cases which it will not effectually cure — take 



Linseed oil, half a pint 



oil of turpentine, two drachms* 



repeat the dose, if necessary. 



Convulsions or Fits. — Complaints of this nature are 

 sometimes caused by an accumulation of worms in the 

 stomach, which in the first stage create giddiness, and 

 end in violent convulsive paroxysms. When the com- 

 plaint is to be attributed to worms, the animal will have 

 an itching at the nose and fundament, and will sneeze 

 frequently. In this case, the best treatment is what has 

 been already prescribed for worms. When convulsions 

 proceed from other causes, which may be generally 

 known by a wild appearance in the animal's eyes, frothing 

 at the mouth, when labouring under the most violent 

 paroxysm of convulsion, the dog may be recovered by 

 being thrown into the water, perhaps a bucket of water 

 thrown over him might answer the purpose : but this is 

 merely a temporary relief ; and to eradicate the disease, 

 recourse must be had to something more effectual. In 

 the first place, the animal should lose a few ounces of 

 blood ( from three to six ounces, according to his size and 

 strength) when the following should be administered : — 



Jalap, one scruple 



cream of tartar, half a dram 



water, one ounce 



mixed ; half taken the morning after the dog has been 

 bled ; the other half in two hours after, well shaken : — 



* I am supposing for a full-grown dog. 



