320 DISEASES OF DOGS! DISTEMPEH, 



should be strictly attended to. When a dog is 

 discovered to have this disease, and it be not 

 accompanied with looseness, the following ball 

 should be immediately given, which will both 

 vomit and purge him. 



(RECIPE, No. 14.) 



Take — Tartarised antimony, three grains ; 

 Jalap, in powder, ten grains : 

 Conserve, enough to form a ball. 



Repeat this ball every third day for three times. 

 These balls will effect a cure in slight cases, with- 

 out any other medicines being given. If the dis- 

 ease be severe, or attended with a malignant fever, 

 the following restorative ball should be adminis- 

 tered twice a day, commencing the day after the 

 ball (No. 14) has been given the third time. 



(RECIPE, No. 15.) 



Restorative Ball for the Distemper. 



Take — Colombo root, in powder, two scruples ; 



Aromatic powder, and rhubarb, in powder, of 



each ten grains; 

 Subcarbonate of soda, fifteen grains ; 

 Oil of peppermint, three drops : 

 Syrup, or conserve, sufficient to form into a ball. 



Continue this ball till the animal be greatly 

 recovered. 



