POISONING 105 



Ipifitable Skin on Fox Terrier 



Dress it with the following prescription : — 2 oz. salad 

 oil, 1 oz. flowers of sulphur, well mixed, | oz. of fuller's 

 earth ; and put a teaspoonful of flowers of sulphur into the 

 drinking-water daily for three weeks. Give castor-oil cap- 

 sules, and administer once a week. 



As a usual guide, a dose that is given to a child twelve 

 years of age will do for a fox terrier. 



To rid Kennels of Flies 



Grow in and around the kennel-yard the Datura stra- 

 monium, or jimson weed. It is an unsightly and dis- 

 agreeable weed, but it can in most cases be screened from 

 view by other shrubs, and it is one that will not spread 

 nor grow where not wanted. It keeps flies and other 

 insects and vermin away. One or two plants are sufficient ; 

 they grow rapidly, and will come up year after year. 



Poisoning 



Powdered washing-soda is a speedy and safe emetic in 

 the event of accidental poisoning or overdose of anything 

 injurious. Put it down the throat dry, out of doors, as the 

 effects are instantaneous. 



Another plan is to encourage vomiting by giving 

 ipecacuanha, and repeat dose if necessary; after which 

 give 3 drs. of prepared kali and 1 oz. water, and give 

 a tablespoonful every quarter of an hour, and if the 

 dog is brought round, very careful feeding and nursing is 

 requisite to bring back the dog's strength. Especially 

 keep it from cold winds. 



. When arsenic is the cause of poison — the symptoms of 

 which are similar to inflammation of the bowels — heat and 

 tenderness of the bowels, accompanied by severe sickness 



