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doing so. By way of medicine the dog should have a brisk dose o{ 

 Podophyllin Fills and afterwards one or two, awscording to the size of 

 the animal, of the following should be given twice a day till all 

 untoward symptoms have disappeared : 



Stomachic Boha. — Take extract of gentiaa, Idr. ; powdered 

 rhubarb, 36gr. ; carbonate of soda, 12gr. ; gum acacia, sufficient to 

 make into twelve lOgr. piUs. If considered preferable, the in- 

 gi-edients may be rubbed down with water and given in the form 

 of a drench in proportionate doses. In the liquid foi-m the medicine 

 must be freshly made, but the pills will keep good any reasonable 

 length of time. 5gr. to 15gr. of carbonate of biamnth, given dry 

 upon the tongue, night and morning, will also act beneficially. 



As a wash for the mouth, and to remove the unpleasant smell from 

 the foulness of the breath, teeth, etc., Condy's Fluid should be used, 

 properly diluted. The following will harden the gums and assist in 

 bringing them to a healthy state ; 



Mouth Wash. — Take powdered alum, Joz. ; simple tincture of 

 myrrh, loz. ; dissolve the alum in a pint of water, and add the 

 tincture of myrrh. This should be applied to the gums pretty 

 frequently and freely, by means of a piece of sponge or rag tied on 

 the end of a stick, or with a soft tooth-brush. Powdered boracic 

 acid Iscr. , water to 6oz. , is also a good mouth wash. The ulcers that 

 occur upon the gums should be touched with a ten per cent solution 

 of nitrate of silver. Another excellent wash for the mouth in such 

 cases is solution of chlorinated soda, diluted with twenty-four to 

 thirty times its volume of water. The mouth should be freely 

 washed with this several times a day. 



NAV^Ii ESKITZA. — An enlargement of the navel, erroneously 

 called a wind navel, is often met with in puppies, and may be simply 

 an expansion of the same. Navel hernia, or umbilical hernia, is the 

 protrusion of a portion of the intestine, or the omentum (the mem- 

 laranouB covering of the bowels). It is frequently congenital, and 

 may be caused by extra strain on the umbilical cord at birth ; or the 

 tongue of the mother may extend the wound. The part is soft and 

 movable, and varies in size, but is most prominent when the stomach 

 and bowels are faU. 



In treating, fast the pup, and place over the enlargement a pad of 

 vulcanised indiarubber or cork, tapered, the smaller end being applied 

 to the protruding part after it has been pressed in, which should b« 



