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exception. An abundance of ashes or sawdust may dry up 
contagious discharges, which are ultimately swept away to 
be transferred in their still actively poisonous state to other 
localities, and to this custom to a large extent is due the 
spread of animal diseases. It is therefore in the absence of 
thorough and effectual cleansing that I prefer the use of © 
peat products, to absorb, deodorise and sterilise any 
organisms arising from septic discharges. “Petanelle,” a 
derivative of peat, amply fulfils this purpose, being a com- 
pound antiseptic disinfectant and deodorant, and is an 
extremely pleasant and effectual agent. 
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINE. 
This is often a troublesome process with canine patients ; 
the usually affectionate, obedient, and harmless pet be- 
comes (through fear and mental excitement) snappish and 
resistful. Anda general complaint the veterinary attend- 
ant hears is: ‘‘ It’s no use, sir, we can’t give him the medi- 
cine; the more we try, the more he struggles, fights, and 
bites.” This in the majority of cases is so, The reason 
for which is that, as a rule, strength versus system is the 
plan adopted. As with ourselves, so with the dog, there 
is a right and a wrong way in the taking or Banietene 
of medicine. 
The medicine is in the form of a pill or draught. The 
former may be given one of two ways; first, taking the ani- 
mal in the lap, or rearing him up between the knees, the 
upper part of the mouth is then grasped with the hand 
and the lips on either side thrust between the teeth; 
security against the operator being bitten is gained by the 
dog being afraid of biting and hurting himself. The head 
is then elevated, the pill is dropped into the posterior part 
of the mouth, and the jaws immediately closed and held 
so; and if the animal refuses to swallow it, placing the 
fingers on or compressing the nostrils will speedily compel 
