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DOGS USED FOR SPORT, 



Sickness from Eating Stale Meat.— Give tea grains of calomel in dry- 

 powder on the back of the tongue, and if the evacuations are too frequent after- 

 wards, control them by enemas — of starch water, two ounces, tincture of opium, 

 fifteen drops, after each passage. Give one grain of sulphate quinine three times 

 a day, and strong beef-tea diet 



(^/ia-o/iic-Pi/^es.— Camphor, two drs.; strong mercurial ointment, one dr.; elder 

 ointment, one dr. Smear this over the exterior of and insert up the rectum thrice 

 daily. If much stench is present, moisten the fundament with a very dilute solu- 

 tion of chloride of zinc, and a small quantity may be administered as an injection 

 after the grease has been introduced. Relief will probably come the third day, 

 but treatment should be continued some days after the dog appears well. A 

 day's feed of liver once or twice a week is also recommended. If this does not 

 have the desired purgative effect, a little olive oil may be given, but nothing 

 stronger. 



Bloody Stools. — Give small doses of castor oil and laudanum, a teaspoonful 

 of the former, smd twenty drops of the latter. Give plenty of exercise and boiled 

 vegetables, w^ith mush of corn or oatmeal, and access to grass. 



Cht'onio Diarrhoea. — If not cured by a dose of castor oil with a few drops 

 of laudanum, give diluted sulphuric acid, three drs.; tinct. opium, two drs.; 

 compound tincture of bark, one oz.; water, six and one-half ozs.; mix, and give 

 two tablespoonfuls every four hours. Feed only on broth or milk thickened with 

 rice or arrowroot, and give rice water only for drink. 



Sic^ Stomach. — Change diet, and if the purging continues, give next night and 

 morning a tablespoonful of castor oil, tincture of opium, one oz., mixed. 



Lead Poisoning.~'K6w\T)\%lex an emetic of mustard and salt, followed by castor 

 oil ; should there be costiveness, some small doses of epsom salts. Give plenty 

 of water. The best treatment is probably small doses of nux vomica (one six- 

 teenth to one-eighth gr,) three times a day, and about five to ten grs. of the iodide 

 of potassium dissolved in a little water and given after each meal. The bowels 

 should be opened by castor oil and laudanum every few days. 



Indigestion.— Kxis\n% from mal-assimilation of food. Give plenty of exercise 

 and a purgative once a week, for a month. 



Constipation. — Give a pill composed as follows : Blue pill, half scruple; com- 

 pound extract of colocynth, one scruple • powdered rhubarb, five grs ; oil of 

 anise-seed, two drops. Afterward change diet j feed oatmeal and vegetables, and 

 give your dog plenty of exercise. 



Gastritis. — Symptoms: Entire loss of appetite, with vomiting and stools of 

 shiny, stringy matter. Give only milk and water for a time. 



Catarrlh. — After moving- bowels by castor oil, give two grs. of quinine four 

 times a day. Cleanse nostrils and inject a strong solution of chlorate of potash 

 three times a day. Keep warm and dry. Fumigation of the dog's nose with 

 burning tar and feathers may do good instead of the potash wash. 



Chronic Cough.— Old dogs are often troubled with cough, which it is almost 

 impossible to cure. A teaspoonful of cod-liver oil morning and evening will do 



food service. The following expectorant may give relief j Friar's Balsam, ten 

 rops ; syrup of poppies, one dr.j diluted sulphuric acid, five drops; mucilage, 

 half oz.; water, half oz. Mix, and eive a little two or three times a day. 



Coughs — Result of Distemper —Most of the hacking coughs which young and 

 mature dogs_ have, are the sequels of distemper, and are accompanied by gag- 

 ing, expectorations, offensive breath, sneezing, running of the eyes, etc. Treat- 

 ment : Give plenty of exercise, with from six to eight drops of Fowler's solution 

 of arsenic twice a day, with a Dover's powder night and morning for three or 

 four days. Continue the arsenic for ten days. Feed light vegetable diet, and see 

 that kennel is clean. For puppies omit the Fowler's solution. 



0?/(^.— Give a good dose of castor oil, and afterwards a Dover's powder night 

 and morning for two or three days. Sprinkle the powder on the back of the 

 tongue. 



Bronchitis.— Open bowels with castor oil ; then give two grs. of quinine twice 

 a day. j =. 



Difficult Breathing.— Owe. dog every night a pill composed of calomel, three 

 gjs.- digitalis, half gr.; nitre, three grs. If this does not relieve him, two grs. 

 of iodide of potassium, with five drops of ipecacuanha wine and five grs- of nitre 

 mixed in a little water, three times a day. The diet should be rather low, and he 

 should be given plenty of walking exercise. 



Cfcor«a.— This is a frequent sequel to distemper. It is an involuntary spas- 

 modic contraction of the voluntary muscles, chiefly of the foreshoulders. Treat- 



