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head and belly hot, evidently much pain in body ; ears and 

 feet icy cold ; nose hard and thick, pus in it ; faeces not 

 noticed. Gave instantly, vomit as before; Calomel and Tar- 

 tar Emetic, half a grain. Repeated in one hour, not having 

 operated. Half an hour after this had taken place, gave two 

 teaspoonfuls No. two to each. This purged very quickly. 

 One of the puppies appeared to be in much pain. Gave it 

 a saltspoonful of mustard in a httle milk. Fits constantly 

 occurring, with intervals of one or two hours, repeated the 

 mustard, and gave Spirits of Hartshorn, six drops. Camphor 

 water, sixty drops. Sweet Spirits Nitre, twenty drops. Lauda- 

 num, six drops. Repeated this dose in six hours' time. 

 Kept them all night by the kitchen stove. Slightly better 

 next morning. Gave pill — Antimony, three grains, Calomel, 

 one grain, Nitre, ten grains. Three hours after, two tea- 

 spoonfuls No. two. Fits had ceased before night. Gave 

 pill — ^Antimony, two grains. Ipecacuanha, three grains, Nitre, 

 ten grains, each night and next morning. Next day 

 improvement visible. Wildness of the eye abated ; fever in 

 body and coldness of extremities much diminished : secre- 

 tions, however, still irregular ; nose dry and hard. At night 

 gave pill — Ipecacuanha, three grains. Nitre, ten grains. Gin- 

 ger Essence, five dropsj Next morning gave two teaspoon- 

 fuls No. two. At night, half teaspoonful diluted Quinine 

 Mixture. Next day gave Quinine twice. Pay after, two 

 teaspoonfiils No. one. Sent well to kennel. These were the 

 worst cases of epileptic fits we ever saw. The pair could not 

 have had less than twenty fits each, which lasted from a 



