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there will soon be complete recovery. But 

 in animals predisposed to disease by want 

 of proper care, or enfeebled from any cause, 

 complications often arise that are most dis- 

 astrous in results. 



There is no period in the life of your 

 dog" when it is so important to stick closely 

 to the text which inspires these pages as 

 during his attack of distemper. Careful 

 nursing, and no dosing with pernicious 

 drugs, will bring the patient through all 

 right in most cases, if he is in a healthy 

 condition when attacked. 



I will briefly sketch the course that I 

 have pursued in more than two hundred 

 cases among puppies of my own breeding, 

 without losing a single one by death, and, 

 with three exceptions, bringing them 

 through sound and healthy. Two of these 

 exceptions were attacked with chorea — 

 one incurable, the other recovering in a 

 few months. The remaining one, when 

 apparently convalescent, was seized with 



