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and 46 1. Sometimes the tonic pill (62) will do wonders, and often 

 the change from it to the sulphate of zinc and back again will be 

 of more service than either of them continued by itself. A perse- 

 verance in these methods, with the aid of the shower-bath, used 

 by means of a watering-pot applied to the head and spine, and 

 followed by moderate exercise, will sometimes entirely remove the 

 disease, though in the majority of cases a slight drop will be ever 

 afterwards noticed, and in sporting-dogs the strength is seldom 

 restored to the same extent as before. 



SHAKING PALSY. 



This resembles chorea, in its nature, but it is incessant, except 

 during sleep, and attacks the whole body. The same remedies 

 may be applied, but it is an incurable disease, though not always 

 destroying life. 



FITS. 



Fits are of three kinds : 1 st, those arising from irritation, espe- 

 cially in the puppy, and known as convulsive fits ; 2nd, those con- 

 nected with pressure on the brain, and being of the nature of 

 apoplexy ; and 3rd, epileptic fits, which may occur at all ages, and 

 even at intervals throughout the whole life of the animal. 



Convulsive fits are generally produced by the irritation of denti- 

 tion, and occur chiefly at the two periods when the teeth are cut, 

 that is, in the first month, and from the fifth to the seventh. 

 They come on suddenly, the puppy lying on its side, and being 

 more or less convulsed, the extent and severity of the struggling, 

 bein<? no indication of the amount of the disease. There is no 

 foaming at the mouth, and the recovery from them is gradual, in 

 both these points differing from epilepsy. The only treatment at all 



