An acute attack is frequently accompanied by convulsions; when 
such occur, your neighbor, who has probably at some time owned 
a dog, advises giving your dog salt, but, if asked why, he is unable 
to explain. The reason is simply that the salt acts as an emetic, 
and as previously mentioned in reference to grass eating, the 
stomach is relieved, and the dog returns to consciousness. 
Eczema is also a frequent symptom, and let me state right here 
that I find more cases of eczematous eruptions arising from a 
disordered condition of the digestion than any other cause. Doubt¬ 
less many who will read this will recognize the fact that at some 
time some certain dog has had some obstinate skin trouble, all 
kinds of which are by the layman diagnosed as “mange,” and 
that, after trying various mange remedies, to which the trouble 
has not yielded, the blood has then been treated with no better 
results. Havihg so many cases of indigestion in my daily practice, 
and being so frequently consulted by letter, it became imperative 
that I should put a medicine in the market for this ailment which 
dog owners could avail themselves of without the necessity of con¬ 
sulting me. This I have done in the form of a pill. 
To any who have, or may have in the future, indigestion cases, 
let me advise the following treatment, viz.: Feed rather sparingly 
three times a day on raw scraped beef, this being the most 
readily accepted and most easily digested of all foods when 
the digestion is disordered, allowing no other diet, and giving im¬ 
mediately after each meal one of Glover*s Digestive Pills. 
Add to the drinking water lime-water in the proportion of 1 to 30. 
By following this treatment as laid down many cases of eczema 
will disappear. Some, probably, may be accelerated by the use of 
a skin lotion in conjunction. Eczema in these instances is 
merely a symptom appearing in evidence of disordered digestion. 
Indigestion may be considered as a mild form of gastritis, which, if 
not corrected, will be followed by true gastritis, the stomach then 
being in such condition that nothing is retained, even water being 
returned immediately after drinking. This will be accompanied 
by fever, colic, emaciation, and only too often followed by 
death. 
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