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The best emetic is 
Calomel, . . £ gr. Tartarized antimony, $ gr. 
This formula is for the smallest dog. The largest may require 
of each 2 grains. • 
After the bowels are cleansed and the body thus depleted, 
Antimonial powder, 2, 3 or 4 grs. Nitrate of Potash, 5, 10 or 15 grs. 
Powdered ipecacuanha, 2, 3 or 4 grs. 
Make into a ball, according to size and age, and give twice or 
thrice a day, as the symptoms are more or less urgent, diminish¬ 
ing the dose if it produces sickness. 
If the cough is very distressing, add to each dose 
Foxglove digitalis, i to 1 gr. 
I f no farther symptoms occur, repeat the emetic every third or 
fourth day, and keep the bowels open, but strenuously avoid 
any thing like active purgation. 
In case of diarrhoea supervening, 
I£. No. 1.—Powdered opium, 5 grs. Powdered catechu, . 2 drs. 
Powdered Gum-Arabic, 2 drs. Prepaied chalk. . . 2 drs. 
Powdered ginger, £ dr. 
Make into twelve, nine, or six balls, with conserve of roses, and 
give from once to four times a day, pro re nata. 
If this does not suffice, 
I$i. No. 3.—Magnesia, . 1 dr. Powdered alum, . 2 scr. 
Powdered calumba, 1 dr. Powdored Gum-Arabic, 2 drs. 
Mix with six ounces of boiled starch, and give a desert or a 
tablespoonful every four, six or eight hours, p. r. n. 
In case of epileptic jits being foreseen, by sudden restlessness, 
animation, brightness of the eyes, and convulsive twitchings of 
the face and jaws, give a brisk emetic, followed by a brisk pur¬ 
gative, and insert a seton in the neck, the tape smeared with 
blistering ointment. If repeated attacks succeed, give the follow¬ 
ing formula to a medium-sized dog, half the quantity to a small 
me, in a spoonful of ale every two hours. 
iEther, . 1 dr. Tincture of opium, . . ^ dr. 
Camphor, . 6 grs. Spirits of hartshorn, . 1 dr. 
Place the dog in a very warm bath for twenty minutes, and keep 
him warm and moist by wrapping in wet flannel before the 
