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tient Is very much reduced, should be 

 given, and when indicated cod liver oil in 

 tablespoonful doses may be given with his 

 food two or three times a day. 



In all cases the patient should have the 

 best of care for at least two weeks after 

 apparent recovery, as a sudden change of 

 weather may induce a cold, bringing on a 

 relapse, which is nearly always more dan- 

 gerous than the first attack. 



It is generally believed that dogs can 

 have distemper but once, and as a rule 

 this is true ; but some dogs will have a 

 second or even a third attack, which is usu- 

 ally of a mild form. 



Some persons who have had consider- 

 able experience will tell you that there are 

 several distinct forms of distemper, but I 

 have never heard of more than a very 

 crude attempt to classify or define the dif- 

 ference between them and am rather skep- 

 tical in the matter. While it is true that 

 in some seasons the disease may be much 



