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accompanied with from five to eight drops of laudanum, to 
allay the irritation ; either of these should be made up into 
a ball, and put down the dog’s throat; or two tablespoonfuls 
of castor-oil may be given in their stead. Should these pre¬ 
scriptions fail, a clyster should next be tried, composed ot 
oatmeal-gruel, salt, and oil; and when the bowels are moved 
by this, the medicine may then be given, accompanied with 
a few drops of laudanum. 
Where there is great alvine flux attending this disease, 
from thirty or forty drops of laudanum must be adminis¬ 
tered, mixed with an ounce of sweet or almond-oil. It will 
be of no use to give the powder until the irritation has 
somewhat abated, as its effects will be nearly lost in passing 
too rapidly through the intestines. 
The following remedies have been found effectual:— 
One ounce of Peruvian bark, in a glass of port wine, to 
be given twice a day. Norris’s drops, to the extent of a 
tablespoonful, in the same quantity of port wine, given 
three times a day; the quantity to be diminished as the 
dog grows better. 
Colonel Hawker recommends the following :— 
Opium ... 3 grains, 
Emetic tartar . . 5 grains, 
to be administered at night; and the same dose to be re¬ 
peated every third night, until the dog recovers, taking care 
to keep him warm, and always to feed him with warm liquid 
diet, such as broth, gruel, &c. 
Dr. Taylor, of East Yarmouth, gave 
Gamboge ... 20 grains, 
White hellebore powder * 30 grains, 
made into six balls, one to a full-grown dog, six successive 
mornings, or half the quantity to a puppy, or a small dog, 
such as a cocker, terrier, &c. 
