ABHIKISTSKINO MEDICINES— DISIKPECTANTS 7 



ready. With such an appliance there is no risk of broken glass aa 

 with the ordinary bottle, and if but the methods before detailed for 

 the actual administration of the medicine are followed, not the least 

 difficulty will be experienced. 



Clysters. — Occasionally it b necessary to administer medicines 

 per rectum. When this is the case, the simplest instrument is the 

 iudiarubber ball and pipe ; these are of various sizes, and inexpensive. 



Injections. — These are given by means of syringes of sizes 

 suited to the particular case ; there are male and female syringes, 

 and bone are preferable to glass ones, as there is danger of injury 

 from breakage of the latter. 



Graduated Scale of Medicines. — There are many medicines 

 prescribed for dogs that may not be enumerated in this book, and as 

 it is desirable that the dose should be known, the following giaduated 

 scale may be taken : The dose for our largest dogs of eighteen 

 months old and upwards may be taken as the same as for a man. 

 A chemi-st, therefore, can always inform the dog-owner the proper 

 dose of any drug. Taking, then, the mastiff or St. Bernard as 

 requiring a dose we may call one part ; middle-sized dogs may be 

 given from half to three-quarters ; terriers of from 201b. to 301b., a 

 quarter ; and toy dogs from a twelfth to an eighth part. In regard 

 to age : The mature dog, one part ; a year old, three-quarters ; six 

 to nine months, half ; and a pup of from four to six weeks, one- 

 eighth. The dose must further be graduated by considerations of the 

 constitution and strength of the dog. 



DISINFECTANTS. — The value of disinfectants as health- 

 preservers is becoming more and more appreciated, and their value 

 in the kennel can scarcely be overrated. Of course, it is all-important 

 a kennel should be well drained and kept clean, but still, to have it 

 perfectly free from putrescent effluvia and to destroy specific con- 

 tagion, disinfectants must be resorted to. 



It would be tedious, and it is quite unnecessary, to enumerate all 

 the various disinfectants. I will, therefore, briefly refer to a few 

 which I consider most suitable for the kennel, omitting several 

 excellent in themselves, but too dangerous to be trusted in the 

 hands of many who have the cleansing of kennels. 



One thing of importance in the use of disinfectants must be 

 noted : It is wasteful, and defeats the object of their use when 

 thrown down in quantities irregularly ; the equal distribution of 

 them over the whole surface of the kennel at regular intervals is 

 both the cheapest and most effectual way of keeping disease at bay. 



