298 INTRODUCTION. 



his body, and a cough, with a discharge from his 

 eyes and nose, we immediately say that he has got 

 the distemper ; and if a purging attends the com- 

 plaint, we say that the distemper is accompanied 

 with purging, which was the case in the kennels in 

 the year 1823. The treatment that we adopted in 

 those cases this was to give the emetic (No. 16, 

 p. 321), as there directed; and, after the operation of 

 it, to administer from two to three or four drachms 

 of compound tincture of benzoin, according to the 

 dog's size and strength, twice a day in a little cold 

 gruel, till the animal is better : this treatment has 

 been attended with complete success. Dogs, some 

 time before and during the sporting season, are 

 fed chiefly on flesh, to make them more swift and 

 durable in their paces : these, in consequence, are 

 particularly subject to have canker in the ear, and 

 on the outside of the ear, and also to mange and 

 inflammatory diseases. These afflictions would not 

 so frequently occur, were the dogs, after the sport- 

 ing season is over, to be physicked, and have regular 

 excise ; and, were the quantity of animal food given 

 them diminished, and that of vegetables increased 

 in proportion to their exercise, and the state of 

 their body. Another frequent source of disease 

 is confinement, and feeding too much on animal 

 food. Dogs thus kept frequently become excessively 

 fat, and their wind is always more or less affected. 



