Emetic for Dogs.
| Powdered lobelia, (herb,) | 1 tea-spoonful. |
| Warm water, | 1 wine-glass. |
Mix, and administer at a dose.
(A table-spoonful of common salt and water will generally vomit a dog.)
If this dose does not provoke emesis, it should not be repeated, for it may act as a relaxant, and carry the morbid accumulations off by the alimentary canal. If the bowels are constipated, use injections of soap-suds. If the symptoms are complicated, the following medicine must be prepared:—
| Powdered mandrake, | 1 table-spoonful. |
| Powdered sulphur, | 1 tea-spoonful. |
| Powdered charcoal, | 2 tea-spoonfuls. |
| Powdered marshmallows, | 1 table-spoonful. |
Mix. Divide the mass into six parts, and administer one in honey, night and morning, for the first day; after which, a single powder, daily, will suffice. The diet to consist of mush, together with a drink of thin arrowroot. If, however, the animal be in a state of plethora, very little food should be given him.
If the strength fails, support it with beef tea. Should a diarrhœa attend the malady, give an occasional drink of hardhack tea.