CHAPTEE II. 



THE REMEDIES SUITED TO THE DOG, AND THE BEST MEANS OF 

 ADMINISTERING THEM. 



Alteratives — Anodynes — Antispasmodics — Aperients — Astringents — Blis- 

 ters — Caustics — Charges — Cordials — Diuretics — Embrocations — Eme- 

 tics — Expectorants — Fever medicines — Clysters ---Lotions — Ointments 

 — Stomachics — Styptics — Tonics — Worm medicines — Administration 

 of Remedies. 



ALTERATIVES. 



These are medicines which are given with a view of changing 

 an unhealthy into a healthy action. We know nothing of the 

 mode in which the change is produced, and we can only judge 

 of them by the results. The most powerful are mercury, iodine, 

 hemlock, hellebore, and cod-liver oil, which are given in the fol- 

 lowing formulas : — 



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I. — JSthiop's mineral, i£ to 5 grains. 

 Powdered rhubarb, 1 to 4 grains. 

 „ ginger, £ to i£ grain. 

 Mix, and make into a pill, to be given every evening. 



2. — Hemlock extract, or fresh-bruised leaves, 2 to 4 grains. 

 Plummer's pill, i-J to 5 grains. 

 Mix, and give every night, or every other night. 



3. — Iodide of potassium, 2 to 4 grains. 



Liquid extract of sarsaparilla, 1 drachm. 

 . Mix, and give in a little water, once or twice a day. 



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