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ing twelve pounds or more, developed cancer of the throat; 

 and was mercifully killed in consequence. 



The most humane way to kill a cat is to chloroform it. 

 Put the cat in a small tight box, or, better still, into a tin 

 wash-boiler, closely covered, in which you have first placed 

 a good-sized sponge wet with chloroform. In a few moments 

 the cat will become insensible, but do not take her out of 

 the box for at least thirty minutes, and then put her in a 

 pail of water head downward for another half hour. A cat 

 apparently dead from the use of chloroform may revive in 

 the fresh air. This should always be done by some person 

 of judgment, and never by a child. You will in most large 

 places find an agent of the Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals, who can attend to the matter if you 

 cannot. There is another way to cause instantaneous death, 

 often employed by these agents, that of killing them by 

 cyanide of potassium, or prussic acid. But this should 

 never, under any circumstances, be attempted by any one 

 else. 



Cats have canker of the ear, which may be cured in the 

 early stages by applying a healing lotion to the external ear, 

 or dropping a little into the internal ear, if that is affected. 

 Mr. Harrison Weir says he has frequently tested, with excel- 

 lent results, a mixture of one ounce of spermaceti ointment 

 with twelve grains red oxide of mercury for sore eyes. 

 Wash the cat's eyes carefully in warm water, dry on a silk 

 handkerchief, and apply a httle of the omtment. This 

 might also be good for canker of the ear. 



After a cat has been ill with colds, or abscesses, or worms, 

 it often needs a tonic. Aconite may be given, but I have 

 found that a one-grain pill of quinine given every other day 



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