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Megrim. 



a rowel should afterwards be put in the neck, and kept 

 open for a considerable time : the following should then 

 be given : — 



Peruvian bark, half an ounce 

 water, half a pint 



boiled for a few minutes and strained ; then add, sweet 

 spirit of nitre, one dram : a table spoonful to be given 

 every two hours, the animal afterwards to be kept on a 

 mild nourishing diet. 



Wlien convulsions arise from indigestion, the following 

 has generally been found efficacious : — from two to eight 

 grains of tartar emetic (according to the age and size of 

 the dog) and in tAvo days after, give the following : — 



Calomel, six grains 

 Barbadoes aloes, half a dram 



Divide into six doses, and administer one every, or per- 

 haps every other, morning, as you may judge the patient 

 can bear it ; when you may give tonics, as recommended 

 under the head Distetnper. 



What is called the megrim or giddiness in the head is 

 a species of fit, and may be removed by bleeding. The 

 same disease is, by some, &ex\ovi\\naiedi falling madness, 

 (a ridiculous name certainly) from, I suppose, the animal 

 occasionally falling from giddiness. When thus afflicted, 

 the dog will frequently rub his feet against the sides of 

 his mouth, and appear as if he had a bone in his throat. 

 Any of these symptoms will give way to the treatment 

 just described : and where the disorder is not very vio- 

 lent, it may generally be removed by bleeding ; which, 

 as it has formed a principal feature for the last few pages. 



