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CHAPTER JI. 
THE REMEDIES SUITED TO THE DOG, AND THE BEST MEANS OF 
ADMINISTERING THEM. 
Alteratives—Anodynes — Anti-spasmodics — Aperients — Astringents — Blis- 
ters — Caustics — Charges — Cordials — Diuretics — Embrocations—Eme- 
tics — Expectorants — Fever Medicines — Clysters — Lotions— Ointments' 
—Stomachics — Styptics—Tonics—Worm Medicines—Administration of 
Remedies. 
ALTERATIVES. 
THESE are medicines which are given with a view of changing an 
unhealthy into a healthy action. We know nothing of the mode 
in which the change is produced, and we can only judge of them 
by the results. The most powerful are mercury, iodine, hemlock, 
hellebore, and cod-liver oil, which are given in the following 
formulas :— 
1.—Aathiop’s mineral, 14 to 5 grains. 
Powdered rhubarb, 1 to 4 grains. 
» _ ginger, $ to 14 grain. 
Mix, and make into a pill, to be given every evening. 
2.—Hemlock extract, or fresh-bruised leaves, 2 to 4 grains. 
Plummer’s pill, 14 to 5 grains. 
Mix, and give every night, or every other night. 
3.—Iodide of potassium, 2 to 4 grains. 
Liquid extract of sarsaparilla, 1 drachm. 
Mix, and give in a little water once or twice a day. 
4.—Stinking hellebore, § to 10 grains, 
Powdered jalap, 2 to 4 grains, 
Mix into a bolus, and give every other nicht, 
5.—Cod-liver oil, from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 
To be given twice a day. 
