268 TREATMENT OF BROOD BITCH. 



and will require one or two quarts of new milk per day. After 

 all danger of fever is gone, that is, by the third day, she should 

 have as much flesh well boiled as she was accustomed to before 

 her delivery, and plenty of good broth, well thickened with 

 meal. This should be given her in the middle of the day, and a 

 quart of milk with bread, and, if possible, a little trotter jelly 

 night and morning. It sometimes happens, in spite of good 

 feeding, that a delicate bitch is unable to continue her suckling ; 

 she becomes emaciated, and has a fit, followed often by entire 

 loss of appetite. When this is the case to any extent, it is better 

 to take the puppies away, and wean them, if old enough, 

 or, if not, substitute a wet nurse. If, however, the attack is 

 only slight, a gentle dose of castor oil, followed by a pill 

 containing 2 grains of quinine and 1 of ginger twice a day, will 

 often restore the powers of the system : or, if very low, an ounce 

 of the decoction of bark with a drachm of Huxham's tincture 

 and 30 drops of sal volatile, will be still more efficacious. But 

 it is a proof of delicacy of constitution, sufficient to condemn 

 her afterwards as a brood bitch. 



