. A small evacuation of water has been produced, and the bowels have been slightly opened. Give a dose of the castor-oil mixture.
10th.
The obstruction has been removed; the enlargement is somewhat diminished; much water has passed. Give an alterative ball every morning.
14th.
The alteratives have been continued, and there is a slow but evident decrease of the abdomen.
18th.
I cannot detect any effusion in the abdomen. Give a pill every alternate day for a fortnight. At the expiration of this period the dog was apparently well.
April 23d, 1822.
— A terrier, ten years old, had cough and mange, which ceased. The belly for the first time began to enlarge, and on feeling the dog considerable fluctuation was evident. He would not eat, but he drank immoderately. Give daily a ball consisting of tonic and physic mist., with powdered digitalis and tartrate of iron.
May 6th.