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of soap — or of Epsom salts, from half an ounce to a quar- 

 ter of a pound, in a quarter of a pint to a quart of 

 water — may tie administered. A more active injection 

 will be, from half a drachm to four drachms of turpen- 

 tine, beaten up with the yolks of so many eggs as there 

 are drachms of the oil, and mixed with the quantity of 

 water just named. 



Either of these will relieve the bowel ; but the condi- 

 tion of one part justifies an inference as to the state of 

 another, and the enema probably will not unload the cas- 

 cnm, which there is reason to suppose is also clogged. 

 A gentle dose of castor-oil, or of the pills directed on page 

 116, will accomplish this intention; and, afterwards, 

 measures must be adopted to regulate the digestion, 

 either by tonics or such medicines as the symptoms 

 suggest, but not by the constant repetition of laxatives. 



Oostiveness will sometimes produce such violent pain 

 that alarm is created, and dogs have been destroyed 

 under the idea that they were rabid. To guard against 

 So fatal a mistake, I shall only here say, that rabies does 

 not come on suddenly, or, save in the latest stage, appear 

 to influence the consciousness, which it never entirely 

 overpowers. The agony caused by costiveness is greater 

 than in any other affection to which the dog is liable. 

 Apparently well, and perhaps at play, a cry breaks 

 forth, which is the next instant a shriek, expressive of 

 the acutest torture. The animal takes to running, and 

 is not aware of surrounding objects; it can recognise 

 nothing, but will bite its master if he attempts to catch 



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