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day, without, however, carrying it to purging. As soon as 

 that supervenes, the dose must be decreased, and stopped 

 altogether for a time, if the purging is violent. The dose is 

 from five to ten centigrammes, to be made up in pills, given 

 from two to four times a day. This is to be continued for a 

 few days, if purging does not set in ; if, on the other hand, 

 purging occurs, the dose must be reduced or suspended "alto- 

 gether, until it has stopped. 



" ' The administration" of the calomel in the form of pills is 

 preferable, as the agent, is insoluble in water, and the suspen- 

 sion in other liquids is at best unsatisfactory and uncertain ; 

 enemas slightly charged with laudanum are to be given in ac- 

 cordance with the indications. If the dog is able to eat, he 

 is to be allowed food, avoiding all salted substances. After 

 four or five days of the administration of the medicine, an 

 abundant salivation sets in, but I have not had this followed 

 by inflammation of the stomach or gangrene of the mouth ; in 

 some cases, however, there is loosening of the teeth ; this was 

 the case particularly with a young terrier, which had taken 

 the calomel for five days in doses of five centigrammes three 

 times a day. The animal lost five teeth, but recovered of the 

 jaundice. The medicine may be given for the first four days 

 at the rate of three pills a day, two on the fifth day, afterwards 

 reduced to one, and discontinued altogether when the state of 

 the patient admits of it.' 



" The author gives several cases of jaundice in the dog 

 successfully treated, but which would take up too much space." 

 — Receuil de Msdecine Vetirinaire. 



-For the following translation I am indebted to Mr. 

 Fleming: 



JAUNDICE, OR ICTERUS, IN THE DOG. 



"Trasbot {Archives V'eterinaires, 1876), in a very able 

 paper on this malady, when alluding to its 'pathological 

 physiology,' states that, after the anatomical study he has 



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