218 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



GASTRIC DISTEMPER 



I have an English setter pup five months old, 

 and for the past two weeks he has been on the sick 

 list. It started out in a lameness in his hind legs 

 and fever. Thought it was rheumatism myself, 

 but our veterinarian says that pups don't get it. 



The last few days he has been almost paralysed 

 in his hind quarters, and on his belly there are 

 sores that are full of matter. Am at a loss to 

 know how to treat him. I treated him for distem 

 per, as I noticed a slight discharge from his eyes, 

 but not his nose. I used Elkay's Distemper Rem 

 edy, and gave him a pill every two hours for a 

 couple of days. The pills are composed of 1 grain 

 of acetphenetidin, a derivative of acetanilid. 



Do you suppose that this treatment would cause 

 the paralysis in his hind parts and sore spots un 

 der his belly! 



He is a kennel-raised dog and his sleeping quar 

 ters were slightly damp during some severe storms 

 that we have had out here. Would that have any 

 thing to do with his condition! 



Have also treated him for worms, and he seems 

 to be rid of them. Have kept his bowels open with 

 laxatives. He does not seem to be very sick now, 



