BOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



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The imagination can, from this likeness of the animal 

 in health, conjure up the resemblance such an object as 

 the poor dog must have presented without its coat. Nor 

 was the loss of the hair the worst part of the business ; 

 it never afterwards grew to its proper length. The other 

 symptoms which have been described were present. 

 Fever also existed, though the debility in a great mea- 

 sure concealed it ; nor was the issue of the case by any 

 means certain for a week or even longer. 



The health may be restored, but the teeth will never 

 regain their whiteness, nor the breath recover its natural 

 odor. A mild acidulated drink, made of sulphuric acid 

 and sweetened water, will be the most proper remedy. 

 It should be made pleasant, and tasted before given to 

 the dog, which will prevent its being administered of too 

 great a potency. Of this as much as can be conveniently 

 got down may be given, from a quarter of a pint to a 

 quart daily ; and with it the sulphate of iron, the disul- 

 phate of quinine, and vegetable bitters, made into pills, 



