Internal medicines are not to be neglected

Internal medicines are not to be neglected

Internal medicines are not to be neglected

Internal medicines are not to be neglected. All sedatives, balsams, expectorants, and peppers, with some alkalies and stimulants, may be tried, and even alterative doses of mercury with caution resorted to. Dogs are more peculiar with respect to the medicines that act upon individuals than any other animals I am acquainted with. That which touches one will be inoperative upon another; and what violently affects one, will on a second, apparently of the same bulk, strength, age, and character, be actually powerless. This renders dog-practice so difficult, and makes the explanation of any decided mode of treatment almost impossible. A great deal must necessarily be left to the discretion of the practitioner, who, despite his utmost care, will often have reason for regret, if he do not in every new instance proceed with caution. The following pills are likely to do good:

Barbadoes tar	Half a drachm to two drachms.
Powdered squills	A drachm to four drachms.
Extract of belladonna	Half a scruple to four scruples.
Liquorice powder	A sufficiency.