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remedy will do more harm than that arising from the presence of 

 the worms. 



There is often, also, great irritability of the stomach, which I 

 have found give way to one drop of creosote and one or two grains 

 of opium, in the form of a pill, once or twice a day, or sometimes 

 to two or three drops of dilute hydrocyanic acid, in a little clear 

 trotter jelly, once or twice a day. This latter remedy requires 

 care, as it lowers the action of the heart very rapidly in the dog, 

 though its effect soon goes off. 



Srdly. When the head is the seat of the complication, a seton 

 should immediately be inserted behind the ears ; and if the 

 symptoms run very high, it is better, after making the opening, to 

 insert a red-hot iron before putting in the tape. Some people 

 have advised the opening to be made with a red-hot iron, but it is 

 easier, and I think less painful to the dog, to do it as I advise. 

 If put in in the usual way, take care to smear some blistering 

 ointment on the tape before inserting it, in order speedily to 

 produce a plentiful discharge. If the head feels hot to the hand, 

 and the eyes are very bright and red, keep the head sponged with 

 very cold water, or, what is still better, fix on it a bladder 

 containing pounded ice, which may be easily done by covering all 

 with a linen cap. Unless there is diarrhoea also, give the calomel 

 and jalap in the dose ordered in the first period, and follow it up 

 with the mercury and chalk. If there is diarrhoea present, give 

 instead ten grains of nitre and one of digitalis, three or four times 

 a day. There is often considerable swelling of the glands about 

 the throat, which generally ends in the formation of matter. An 



