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mal, when removed from it, must be wrapped well up in 

 several hot blankets, and kept in them until it is perfectly- 

 dry. 



On the second day from two to ten drops of the tinc- 

 ture of arnica, with half a drachm of the solution of the 

 chloride of zinc, may be added to the ethereal drinks and 

 injections, if the disorder has not been checked ; and 

 beef-tea, thickened with rice, may also be frec[uently 

 administered, using it instead of water, both in the 

 draughts and injections. No other food is admissible, 

 and the return to solids must, if the animal survives, be 

 very gradual. 



Dysentery and Diarrhcea. — These diseases, which 

 in woi'ks on human pathology are advantageously sepa- 

 rated, I cannot here treat of as distinct disorders. In 

 the dog they are so connected and blended that the line 

 which divides them cannot be discovered ; and for every 

 practical purpose, they may be here considered as one 

 and the same affection. 



The young and the old are most liable to these com- 

 plaints. Puppies are very subject, as also are aged gross 

 favorites; things so fat that it becomes hard work to 

 live are very generally attacked with diarrhcea. The 

 pup, however, usually exhibits it in the acute form, 

 whereas in the other description of animal it mostly ap- 

 pears in the chronic type. 



When acute, colic may accompany or precede it. In 

 proportion to the spasm wUl be the violence and the dan- 

 ger of the disorder. Sickness is mostly witnessed a little 



